[Mediawiki-l] Re: Problem with magic_quotes_runtime

Hello,

* Brion Vibber [14.02.2005 02:51]:

Bernhard Walle wrote:

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I run MediaWiki 1.4beta6 on a Linux PHP server. The magic_quotes_runtime variable is set to "1" (cannot change this). Is it possible that this causes problemes? ' is shown as ' and " as ".

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

Thanks.

But setting set_magic_quotes_runtime(0) fails in LocalSettings.php. Do you know why that may not work?

Regards, Bernhard