note 100353 added to function.get-magic-quotes-gpc

For many people, including myself, the problem is not needing to remove escape characters, but simply to know if they are already in place. In my case, I WANT user input to be properly escaped, but I don't want to do it twice. In cases like this, here's my solution: function conditional_escape ($str) { /* Automatic escaping is highly deprecated, but many sites do it anyway to protect themselves from stupid customers. */ if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { /* Apache automatically escaped the string already. */ return $str; } /* Replace the following line with whatever function you prefer to call to escape a string. */ return mysqli_real_escape_string ($link, $str); } Example: $username = conditional_escape ($_POST['Username']); $password = conditional_escape ($_POST['Password']); $email_address = conditional_escape ($_POST['Email_Address']); Hope this helps. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 69.20.173.13 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-magic-quotes-gpc.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/100353 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100353 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/100353 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php