Re: magic quotes finale

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > I see absolutely no reason to force people to go through and change: > > if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) > > to: > > if (!function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') || !get_magic_quotes_gpc()) > > when there is no technical reason to force them to do so. It is slower, > more verbose and completely useless. I whole-heartedly agree. To the others: please examine this from a practical instead of a philosophical position. What is the problem that needs solving? * magic_quotes_gpc escapes input, which is bad. How to fix it? * disable magic_quotes_gpc = on, disable set_magic_quotes_gpc(1) Implicit in this statement is that the problem is *not*: * Users use get_magic_quotes_gpc() check whether this faulty ini is enabled, and set_magic_quotes_gpc(off) only if it is enabled. If we take the step of removing the get_magic_quotes_gpc() function, or of adding an E_DEPRECATED, we make upgrading to PHP 5.3 harder, for no benefit. As a side note, the silent majority (developers who do not post to this list) were represented at php|tek, and the few I spoke to about the way magic_quotes is being handled unequivocally agreed with my assessment for the exact same reasons. I strongly encourage everyone to do a realistic tradeoff analysis and come to understand why Rasmus's solution is the only possible solution to this problem that both solves the *actual* problem and has real benefit to existing well-written applications. Thanks, Greg