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Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? [message #173939 is a reply to message #173888]

Fri, 13 May 2011 19:25

Michael Fesser
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.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

> On 5/11/2011 7:49 AM, Simon wrote:
>>>
>>> Why are you stripping slashes BEFORE storing the data?
>>> magic_quotes_gpc() affects data RETRIEVED from the database.
>>
>> As per my original post, this is what the doc suggests.
>>
>> http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php
>>
>> "If magic_quotes_gpc is enabled, first apply stripslashes() to the data.
>> Using this function on data which has already been escaped will escape
>> the data twice."
>
> If the data has previously been escaped, yes. In your case, it has not.

If magic quotes are enabled, then PHP will automatically escape his
incoming data. So calling stripslashes() on it before doing anything
else is the correct way to ensure you're working with the raw data.
After that you can apply the proper escaping as necessary.

Micha

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		magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Simon on Wed, 11 May 2011 07:28
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 11 May 2011 10:38
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Simon on Wed, 11 May 2011 11:49
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 11 May 2011 15:29
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Michael Fesser on Fri, 13 May 2011 19:25
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 13 May 2011 22:44
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Wed, 11 May 2011 10:45
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Simon on Wed, 11 May 2011 11:53
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Wed, 11 May 2011 14:13
		Re: magic_quotes_gpc() on or off? By: Simon on Wed, 11 May 2011 14:15

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