Who here uses magicquotes? + 4.0.2quirks

[Anon]

Hello, I've created a site for a client, who I've had headaches trying to get a password and access to their host to do things such as see which version of PHP they run. I've finished the coding and finally a week later I've gotten access to put it up to learn that their host only has PHP 4.0.2 with magicquotes off. There's no support for is_uploaded_file, and I'm going to have to manually use addslashes and stripslashes to put stuff in the database.

I've always used magicquotes and I've never seen it turned off. Is this just me? I like magicquotes and can't think why someone would turn it off.

Secondly, there is no is_uploaded_file() which I've always used to see if a file's been uploaded. Any other options?

Thanks

[pnoeric]

ironically, i hate magic quotes, since it cuts code portability-- i always have to check it before slashing or unslashing something. a nightmare. i'd rather have it always off, and then i know that i can always reliably add slashes when I need them. (it's not that often, really.)

if is_uploaded_file isn't there, can't you just check to see if the file exists with file_exists? remember the first variable returned on file upload is the full path to the temp file where the data is stored, if successful.

best
eric