Turn Off magic_quotes

[stukelly]

Hi all,

I'm trying to get TinyMCE working with php, but have hit a snag. There seams to be a problem with magic_quotes, see here

Is it possible to switch off magic_quotes with the .htaccess file?

Thanks Stu

[Rock]

You can use any one of these...

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0

[mephisto]

A page on how to disable them.

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/securit....disabling.php

Which version of php are you using? In php 5 they are disabled by default, php 6 is not even going to support them.

If you're using php 4, then you should consider updating to 5 as 4 is only getting critical updates now, and will be fully dropped on 08/08/2008.

[stukelly]

Originally Posted by mephisto

Which version of php are you using? In php 5 they are disabled by default, php 6 is not even going to support them.

Our reseller package uses php 5, but phpinfo() says magic_quotes_gpc On

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0

I've tried both of these and get the following in the error log.

Invalid command 'php_value', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Invalid command 'php_flag', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

Any ideas?

[mephisto]

Have you got access to php.ini? If so then change these in the file to

magic_quotes_gpc = Off
magic_quotes_runtime = Off
magic_quotes_sybase = Off

Unfortunatly you can't disable these at runtime using ini_set.

If php is being ran under fast-cgi instead of an apache module, then the .htaccess commands won't work. You'll be able to tell if it is fast-cgi if there aren't any apache sections in phpinfo.

[stukelly]

We have a Linux Standard reseller package http://www.eukhost.com/reseller-hosting.php
So I don't think I can change it.

[flesso]

This can be done with the use of .htaccess and a custom php.ini file.

First, create or modify the .htaccess file in the root of your site, and paste in the following line:

SetEnv PHPRC /path/to/site/my_custom_php.ini

Once thats done, you can then go on to create your custom php.ini file. To achieve what you want to, you will need to paste the following into it:

magic_quotes_gpc = Off
magic_quotes_runtime = Off
magic_quotes_sybase = Off

Thats all that done. To check that you are using the new custom php.ini file, create a PHP page containing the following text:

PHP Code:


<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Your custom php.ini file will affect your web site hosting only, and not the sites of other customers. It can also be done per directory, if needed.

[stukelly]

Thanks for that Flesso, you helped me solve the problem.

It also works if you just have a php.ini file in the directory.

Thanks all, Stu

[dearsina]

Thanks, this helped me out a lot too!