Copying this back on list where it belongs... If the apache process on the server is configured to support .htaccess files, then there shouldn't be anything special you need to do. Do you have any other htaccess directives in use that could be affecting it? Remember that it's not "htaccess", it's a ".htaccess" file. Mind the period. On Sunday 14 January 2007 9:56 pm, Beauford wrote: > Hi Larry, > > I'm sending this off list. I put this in the .htaccess file on the hosting > server, but still have the same problems. Is there a special way this needs > to be done? > > Thanks > > > Thanks > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Garfield [mailto:larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: January 14, 2007 4:39 PM > > > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: Stripslashes > > > > > > On a real web host, they'll let you have a .htaccess file where you > > > can disable them like so: > > > > > > php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0 > > > > > > (I keep saying "real web host" because I've just recently > > > > had to deal > > > > > with a few web hosts that a client insisted on that didn't have a > > > standard configuration and didn't support .htaccess files. > > > > I lost 6 > > > > > hours of my life right before Christmas trying to work around that > > > fact, and I can't get them back. If you find yourself in the same > > > situation, vote with your feet and let such hosts die a > > > > horrible and > > > > > bankrupt death.) > > > > > > On Sunday 14 January 2007 10:46 am, Beauford wrote: > > > > I just turned off get_magic_quotes in my PHP.ini, but not > > > > > > sure if the > > > > > > > hosting company has it on or not once I upload the site. -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
