Re: addslashes 3 and 4

I never really got a definitive answer on this ... as with most things, I found a fix, fixed it, and moved on. None of this is gospel, but ... I believe that by default PHP4 automatically adds slashes to anything that needs it, so using addslashes() adds yet another set of redundant slashes. Whether this is because something that was already available as an option in PHP3 is now simply enabled by default, or because of some other mechanism, I don't know. To get my PHP3 scripts working under PHP4 I simply commented out any addslashes() statements and everything worked fine. So the answer seems to be "don't use addslashes() at all". All this could be dependant on how you (or an rpm) configured PHP during install. I never touched magic_quotes_gpc. Hope this works for you. Michael Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart Macdonald <smacdonald@chac.qld.edu.au> To: <mulgaweb@mulga.com.au> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] addslashes 3 and 4 > > Hi all: > > I have a script using addslashes() to deal with user input that worked in > > PHP3 but appears to be broken in PHP4. How do 3 and 4 differ in their > > treatment of addslashes? I've had a look at the manual and archives, but not > > found a clear answer. How should a PHP3 script using addslashes() be > > modified to work in PHP4? Don't use addslashes() at all? Would using > > magic_quotes_gpc avoid the issue altogether? > > Thanks > > Mulga Mick > > Mulga Mick(?!?!), > > I have just seen the above message. You posted it to a PHP mailing list at > some stage. I'm wondering if you ever found an answer? I'm currently trying > to figure out why my PHP3 scripts don't work properly with PHP4. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Stewart Macdonald > Brisbane >