Re: addslashes 3 and 4

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Michael Hall wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net Check out the settings for magic_quotes_gpc and magic_quotes_runtime in your ini files for the two versions. Depending on which of the sample ini files from PHP4 you have used, and the extent of modifications you have made.... -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA