Re: get_magic_quotes_gpc, get-magic-quotes-runtime in head, get a "final" decision

Hi Rasmus, On Feb 6, 2008 2:13 AM, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2008 3:26 PM, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 5, 2008 3:23 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> It seems that there is voices in favor of keeping the GPC related > >>> functions in HEAD/php6 but returning always FALSE. > >> Personally.... > >> > >> XX > > > > VOTE CHANGED > > > > -1 > > > > After a quick off-list discussion with Hannes (gotta' love Gmail > > chat), I realized that I forgot to consider backwards-compatibility. > > I think a lot of people miss the point of these particular functions. > This isn't about whether to keep magic quotes or not, it is whether to > keep the function that tells you whether magic quote mangling is > enabled. There is a lot of code out there that checks to see if this > feature is on, and deals with that case. Having this function that > simply tells the code to take the other path will allow it to work. > This is not about restoring the magic quotes feature at all. Exactly, I thought it was clear. As I can see it was, the votes (not that much ;) in favor of keeping the functions argue about your example, keep the if (get_magic_quotes_gpc...) working without changes (if (php6)...). Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org