ini_set() why doesn't it work?

[NeoMaul]

Why doesn't ini_set() work? I can't seem to get it working properly.

Am I doing it wrong?

ini_set("magic_quotes_gpc", 1);

shouldn't that work?

I'm really interested in getting this to work, or otherwise being able to change php.ini settings from within a script, for that script only.

It seems like a really useful thing to be able to do when working with shared hosting, where you can't choose your php.ini settings and have to use what the host server has already set.

thanks in advance for any replies 🙂

-NeoMaul

[Bunkermaster]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php

read contributions, a few a regaring your problem but :

php at raw[remove-me]hide dot cjb dot net
03-Jul-2002 08:13

magic_quotes_gpc is another setting that when changed has no effect on your script at all. This is because the variables in $POST/$GET/$_COOKIE are already setup by the time you are able to call ini_set()

straight from the manual

[NeoMaul]

thanks 🙂 I missed that.

So is there anyway to do it? at all? Or am I stuck with my shared host's settings? 🙁

[Bunkermaster]

depends on what you need to do really...

[philipolson]

Can you use .htaccess ? If so, put this in it:

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on