magic quotes

[forefront]

Does the new v1.4 of the software fix the requirement for magic_quotes_gpc being off?

It is odd if not - VBulletin requires them OFF and PHPMyAdmin (which is recommended by VBB!) requires them ON!

[Me2Be]

What are magic quotes?

[forefront]

RTFM

[Me2Be]

Well that explained it -- NOT! :)

[forefront]

http://www.php.net/manual/function.get-magic-quotes-gpc.php

...or search your own BBS for magic quotes to see what the issue is. I wrongly assumed a moderator of a forum re. VBulletin Questions would be au fait with the product they are moderating.

From PHP manual:

"magic_quotes_gpc boolean
Sets the magic_quotes state for GPC (Get/Post/Cookie) operations. When magic_quotes are on, all ' (single-quote), " (double quote), \ (backslash) and NUL's are escaped with a backslash automatically. If magic_quotes_sybase is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single-quote instead of a backslash."

[Freddie Bingham]

Me2Be is the moderator of Chit Chat, not vBulletin Questions. Refer to the forum index to see who is the moderator of a forum.

[Wayne Luke]

Magic_Quotes is a feature of PHP that allows the interpreting engine to automatically escape special characters such as quotation marks because they can cause problems if simply inserted into a SQL database.

[Me2Be]

Originally posted by wluke
Magic_Quotes is a feature of PHP that allows the interpreting engine to automatically escape special characters such as quotation marks because they can cause problems if simply inserted into a SQL database.


Ah, I get it now!!! Thanks Wayne (and freddie)!!

Forefront - suggestion? In the future, if you want help, don't make enemies of those around you before they get a chance to know you ....

[Edited by Me2Be on 11-01-2000 at 04:33 PM]

[robrink]

How do you turn magic quotes off, I cant figure it out?