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<h1>Magic Quotes</h1>
<h2>Table of Contents</h2><ul class="chunklist chunklist_chapter"><li><a href="security.magicquotes.what.html">What are Magic Quotes</a></li><li><a href="security.magicquotes.why.html">Why did we use Magic Quotes</a></li><li><a href="security.magicquotes.whynot.html">Why not to use Magic Quotes</a></li><li><a href="security.magicquotes.disabling.html">Disabling Magic Quotes</a></li></ul>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This feature has been
<em class="emphasis">DEPRECATED</em> as of PHP 5.3.0 and <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em>
as of PHP 5.4.0.</p></div>
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Magic Quotes is a process that automagically escapes incoming data to the
<acronym title="PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor">PHP</acronym> script. It's preferred to code with magic quotes off and to instead
escape the data at runtime, as needed.
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