Can't turn magic_quotes On

gfd

Hello,

I'm trying to turn magic quotes on and for some reason I can't get it right.

I'm using PHP 5 on WINXP.

I edit the php.ini (in c:/windows) and find the magic_quotes reference and remove the semi-column... right?

The line now reads "magic_quotes_gpc = On". Nothing in front.

magic_quotes_gpc = On       [Performance]
;     Input data is no longer escaped with slashes so that it can be sent into
;     SQL databases without further manipulation.  Instead, you should use the
;     function addslashes() on each input element you wish to send to a database.

However, info() still says that it's Off.

I have restarted Apache, I have stopped and then re-started Apache, and I have also rebooted several times.

Am I missing something?
Any clues?

Thanks in advance

chyan

check your php.ini

maybe its not the original one that php's using
i think its your php.ini backup

to check it you can try remove your php.ini in other location
and check wheter the php is still work or not

chyan

maybe the php.ini that you edit was not the original one that php
is really using
i guess maybe its your php.ini backup

to check it you can try to remove the php.ini that you edit from its current location and look it if your php is still work, if your php is still work,its clearly not the original php.ini

gfd

ok, I have removed both the php.ini and the php.ini backup, from the c:/windows directory, and PHP still works!?!

Why is this? Is there another php.ini file somewhere else?

thanks

tsinka

Hi,

create a little phpinfo script ...

<?PHP
phpinfo();
?>

Near the top of the output should be a line showing you the location of the php.ini file PHP currently uses.

If that line contains just a path without php.ini at the end then PHP doesn't use any php.ini and uses default settings.

My Apache/PHP server starts without any problems even without any php.ini.

Thomas

gfd

yeah, the path does not have php.ini at the end. Thanks Thomas, it looks like we are getting somewhere...

It just says:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path : C:\WINDOWS

So I guess it's using default settings.
But I want to change those settings.... how can I do that??

Do you know how I can make it use my php.ini so that I can alter the configuration?

TIA

tsinka

Ok,

I think I got it ...

Look at this:

magic_quotes_gpc = On [Performance]
; Input data is no longer escaped with slashes so that it can be sent into
; SQL databases without further manipulation. Instead, you should use the
; function addslashes() on each input element you wish to send to a database.

Seems like you just removed the ; from the line near the top of php.ini where some options are explained. So you uncommented part of the "global" comments/explanations. Just put php.ini back to c:\windows, restore the comment and search for a line below the comments that contains just

magic_quotes_gpc = Off

which is the line of interest. Change it to On and restart the server.

I think the [Performance] at the end of the line messes up the setting.

Thomas

gfd

quite right Thomas. That was it!! 😃

Thank you very very much