Deprecated Function while Running vb_test.php

[Shyuan]

Hi when I run vb_test.php to test things out. I saw this on top.

[B]Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated in[B]/home/abcdefgh/public_html/vb_test.php on line [B]21[/B][/B][/B]

Is there anything that I should do with before running the test? Thank you.

[Hartmut]

What version of PHP are you running? 5.3.0 and higher?

[Shyuan]

Hi Hartmut,

My PHP version is currently 5.3.18. Thanks.

[Hartmut]

Then there should be no problem with installating vBulletin 5 Connect; vB5 requires PHP 5.3 or greater.

[Shyuan]

Hi Hartmut,

Everything passed in the test except magic_quotes_gpc and the below is the information given:

magic_quotes_gpc should be off for optimal performance, ask your host to change this in php.ini

Should I worry about this? I have a site needs magic_quotes_gpc to be on. Thus I wonder if I can safely ignore this as well?

Thank you.

[Hartmut]

Usually you should not be worried, actually you can turn off magic_quotes_gpc in your php.ini if it causes issues.

[Shyuan]

Hi Hartmut,

Like I mentioned, I need magic_quotes_gpc to be on for another site of mine. So I would like to ensure that both sites (one site need it on and vB need it off) can work well together while it is set to ON.

Please advice. Thank you

[Yves R.]

magic_quotes_gpc is obsolete in PHP 5.3.0 and is removed in 5.4.0.

http://php.net/magic_quotes_gpc

[Wayne Luke]

We prefer it to be disabled in older versions as well. So... You're good.

If it is on for vBulletin, we'll turn it off for you.

[Shyuan]

Hi Wayne,

The magic_quotes_gpc is ON by myself for a non-vBulletin site. Because you guys are much experienced, thus I seek advice to see if vBulletin 5 can run properly even if magic_quotes_gpc is ON.

We prefer it to be disabled in older versions as well. So... You're good.

If it is on for vBulletin, we'll turn it off for you.

[Wayne Luke]

As I said, we turn it off. The versions of PHP that vBulletin 5 runs on, do not support it though.

[Shyuan]

The versions of PHP that vBulletin 5 runs on, do not support it though.

Hi,

I am a little confused here but I think I understand.

I was told magic_quotes_gpc is deprecated and will be removed soon in PHP5.4. Since you said the PHP version that vB5 runs on doesn't support the magic_quotes_gpc, does this means vb_test.php file hasn't yet been updated for checking vB5's requirements purpose? I supposed the vb_test.php file checks magic_quotes_gpc because of earlier versions like vB4 and has nothing to do with vB5 (means I can ignore that and proceed with the installation)?

If my assumptions are correct, then I completely understand now. Kindly confirm Thank you.

[Wayne Luke]

Deprecated simply means - We don't support this anymore and it will be removed in the future. Upgrade your scripts to deal with this.

As said many times in this thread, vBulletin will run on your server. What you should be worried about is your other script that relies on this and having it updated to modern standards.

[Shyuan]

I got that. But what I suggest is, remove magic_quotes_gpc from vb_test.php file (for vb5) so that it won't confuse non-PHP guy like me.