Re: [Mediawiki-l] Problem with magic_quotes_runtime

Bernhard Walle wrote: Having magic_quotes_runtime will cause EVERYTHING to fail. This is the most incredibly stupid option in PHP and no one should ever use it. Here's what it does: If magic_quotes_runtime is enabled, most functions that return data from any sort of external source including databases and text files will have quotes escaped with a backslash. If magic_quotes_sybase is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single- quote instead of a backslash. This will automatically corrupt all data coming from the database or the filesystem, which seems like a pretty bad thing to do. Note that there is a set_magic_quotes_runtime() function which you may be able to use to turn it off at runtime: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-magic-quotes-runtime.php If that doesn't work, contact your system administrator and ask that they reconsider their bizarre practice of corrupting all your data. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)