I created a small PHP-script, that runs on a server with PHP 5.2.17 and the magic_quotes_gpc directive enabled. I have no write-access to the php.ini file, and I'd like to remove all slashes from ...

Following the question: With "magic quotes" disabled, why does PHP/WordPress continue to auto-escape my POST data? In WordPress, all superglobals are escaped even if magic quotes are off...

I want to turn off PHP's magic quotes. I don't have access to php.ini. When I tried to add php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off to my .htaccess file, I get a 500 internal server error. This is what my .h...

I've seen dozens of PHP snippets that go like this: function DB_Quote($string) { if (get_magic_quotes_gpc() == true) { $string = stripslashes($string); } return mysql_real_escape_string($str...

I have $_POST variables incoming in from tags that have slashes on quotes. I know that magic quotes are off, and use the if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) statement to stripslashes in case they are. Howe...

Why is turning on magic_quotes_gpc in PHP considered a bad practice?

Is it worth changing my code to be "more portable" and able to deal with the horror of magic quotes, or should I just make sure that it's always off via a .htaccess file? if (get_magic_quotes_gpc(...