How to disable Magic Quotes?

[rohedin]

Hi there,
I've been enjoying this amazing free hosting for a while now, it's been very useful!
However there is one major problem I'm experiencing. The software I'm hosting on my website uses htmlspecialchars (I think) for handling of characters like " and '.

However Magic Quotes are enabled on the server, which is causing posts to appear full of slashes in places they shouldn't be. I was told Magic Quotes could be disabled by adding the following line to the .htaccess file:
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
However, doing this results in a 500 error, with the following message:
Invalid command 'php_flag', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

So, is it possible to turn off Magic Quotes? If it was then X10 Hosting would be perfect for me :biggrin:

Thanks!

 

[xav0989]

Hello,

Magic Quotes cannot be disabled for one account, as it is a settings set in the php.ini file. However, you may modify your software to remove the quotes before parsing it regularly.

- xav0989

 

[misson]

This topic, including workarounds, has been covered in:

• I have read the magic_quotes posts and still have a problem
• PHP/Apache Configuration

A search for "disable magic quotes" will turn up both those threads and more. Remember, the search function is your friend.