htaccess, Apache module & magic_quotes

[Anon]

Since my ISP doesn't have magic_quotes_gpc turned on, I'd like to turn them on locally through htaccess. According to http://www.php.net/manual/configuration.php, when using PHP as an Apache module, I can edit htaccess to allow this. So I added:
php3_magic_quotes_gpc on

to the last line of .htaccess file. But when I attempt to bring up a page I get a server error.

So my question is, how do I determine whether PHP is being used as an Apache module? Or is there something else I need to add to htaccess file?

Thanks,
Doug

[Anon]

If you are using php4 with apache-1.3.x, it is necessary only to add some lines in the apache configuration file "httpd.conf" and setup the .htaccess.
In the httpd.conf look at this lines, and setup it like it.

This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.

#
<Directory "/home/httpd/test">

#

This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",

"Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".

#

Note that "MultiViews" must be named explicitly --- "Options All"

doesn't give it to you.

#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

#

This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can

override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",

"AuthConfig", and "Limit"

#
AllowOverride AuthConfig

#

Controls who can get stuff from this server.

#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

In the .htaccess setup like it:

Authname "PASSWORD REQUIRED"
AuthType Basic

O arquivo de senhas esta no dir. abaixo do principal

AuthUserFile /home/httpd/passwd

<LIMIT GET POST>
require valid-user
</LIMIT>

The passwd file contain the password to access the dir. /home/httpd/test.
Try to use the htpasswd to encrypt the password. The htpasswd comes with apache and is installed in the /bin apache directory.

Good luck!!

[Anon]

Thank you for the reply but it seems that it relates to htaccess and authentication. My question was how to enable magic_quotes in htaccess. I found out that PHP is used as CGI so I can't do it. So I now use add_slashes when updating form variables.

[Anon]

Hi Doug,

It's been almost a year since you began this thread and I don't know that I'm any nearer a solution to exactly the same problem as you've described in getting the server error when adding the magic_quotes line to the htaccess file.

Perhaps you can describe in a bit more detail your workaround.

-al.

[Anon]

Great! Works just fine. Thanks.

[Anon]

This worked for me:

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on
</IfModule>

[Anon]

This actually ended up working for me. Minor changes from your suggestion, but if it doesn't work for others, try this:

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on

I'm on a Unix based server from Pair Networks. (pair.com)

-al.