get_magic_quotes_gpc

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

get_magic_quotes_gpc — Gets the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc

Description

bool get_magic_quotes_gpc ( void )

Returns the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc

Keep in mind that attempting to set magic_quotes_gpc at runtime will not work.

For more information about magic_quotes, see this security section.

Return Values

Returns 0 if magic_quotes_gpc is off, 1 otherwise. Or always returns FALSE as of PHP 5.4.0.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.4.0	Always returns FALSE because the magic quotes feature was removed from PHP.

Examples

Example #1 get_magic_quotes_gpc() example

<?php
//?If?magic?quotes?are?enabled
echo?$_POST['lastname'];?????????????//?O\'reilly
echo?addslashes($_POST['lastname']);?//?O\\\'reilly

//?Usage?across?all?PHP?versions
if?(get_magic_quotes_gpc())?{
????$lastname?=?stripslashes($_POST['lastname']);
}
else?{
????$lastname?=?$_POST['lastname'];
}

//?If?using?MySQL
$lastname?=?mysql_real_escape_string($lastname);

echo?$lastname;?//?O\'reilly
$sql?=?"INSERT?INTO?lastnames?(lastname)?VALUES?('$lastname')";
?>

Notes

Note: If the directive magic_quotes_sybase is ON it will completely override magic_quotes_gpc. So even when get_magic_quotes_gpc() returns TRUE neither double quotes, backslashes or NUL's will be escaped. Only single quotes will be escaped. In this case they'll look like: ''

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