diff --git a/public/git-pull.php b/public/git-pull.php
index fe137e3c6..e4789c86f 100644
--- a/public/git-pull.php
+++ b/public/git-pull.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ echo "Disabled Functions: " . (ini_get('disable_functions') ?: '(none)') . "\n";
 echo "shell_exec status: " . (function_exists('shell_exec') ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled') . "\n";
 echo "exec status: " . (function_exists('exec') ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled') . "\n";
 echo "system status: " . (function_exists('system') ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled') . "\n";
+echo "proc_open status: " . (function_exists('proc_open') ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled') . "\n";
 echo "-----------------------------------------\n\n";
 
 // Move to the root directory (one level up from public)
@@ -41,12 +42,36 @@ if ($rootPath) {
 }
 echo "Working Directory: " . getcwd() . "\n\n";
 
-// Helper function to execute and print command output
+// Helper function to execute commands with proc_open or standard fallbacks
 function execute($cmd) {
     echo "$ {$cmd}\n";
     
     $output = '';
-    if (function_exists('shell_exec')) {
+    
+    if (function_exists('proc_open')) {
+        $descriptorspec = [
+            0 => ["pipe", "r"], // stdin
+            1 => ["pipe", "w"], // stdout
+            2 => ["pipe", "w"]  // stderr
+        ];
+        
+        $process = proc_open($cmd, $descriptorspec, $pipes);
+        
+        if (is_resource($process)) {
+            fclose($pipes[0]);
+            
+            $stdout = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);
+            fclose($pipes[1]);
+            
+            $stderr = stream_get_contents($pipes[2]);
+            fclose($pipes[2]);
+            
+            proc_close($process);
+            $output = $stdout . $stderr;
+        } else {
+            $output = "Error: Failed to open process using proc_open.";
+        }
+    } elseif (function_exists('shell_exec')) {
         $output = shell_exec($cmd);
     } elseif (function_exists('exec')) {
         $outputLines = [];
@@ -57,7 +82,7 @@ function execute($cmd) {
         system($cmd);
         $output = ob_get_clean();
     } else {
-        echo "Error: No command execution functions (shell_exec, exec, system) are enabled on this hosting server.\n";
+        echo "Error: No command execution functions (proc_open, shell_exec, exec, system) are enabled on this hosting server.\n";
         echo "-----------------------------------------\n";
         return;
     }