magic_quotes_gpc - universal or not?

[linus]

I was wondering, do almost all servers have magic_quotes_gpc on? All the ones I've come across do.

If some have it on and some off, how does one deal with the inconsistency and decide whether or not to use stripslashes()?

[Anon]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-magic-quotes-gpc.php

Diego

[linus]

forehead smack

Guess I should have RTFM'ed. 🙂 Thanks.