On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 14:01 -0400, Mike Mackintosh wrote: > On Oct 1, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 12:55 -0400, Stephen wrote: > > > >> On 11-10-01 11:57 AM, Jim Giner wrote: > >>> I'm trying to set magic quotes Off as my reading tells me that it's not good > >>> to have it defaulted to On. > >>> > >>> > >> http://php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.disabling.php > >> > >> Stephen > >> > > > > > > Stephen, that page specifies the exact same line for the .htaccess that > > he said he used. I'm not sure why it would cause an internal server > > error, but I've seen some Apache configurations completely flake over > > lines in the .htaccess that were fine elsewhere. > > > > The only thing I can find online where this line will cause a server > > error is where the server is set up to allow custom php.ini files which > > override the defaults. To test this, try adding a php.ini file into the > > directory your script is (this is completely untested, I just saw it on > > a forum (http://www.bluehostforum.com/archive/index.php/t-15975.html )) > > and enter the regular php.ini line to turn it off. > > > > If that fails, I'd try and contact your hosting provider and see what > > they say, as they probably have more information specific to this > > problem, as it's most likely a setting of theirs that is causing it. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > Have you tried: > > ini_set('magic_quotes_gpc', false); That won't work, because by the time the server comes to process the script, the data has already been processed. In effect, that line will do nothing. -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
