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<h1 class="refname">get_magic_quotes_gpc</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">get_magic_quotes_gpc</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>get_magic_quotes_gpc</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Returns the current configuration setting of <a href="info.configuration.html#ini.magic-quotes-gpc" class="link">magic_quotes_gpc</a>
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<p class="para">
Keep in mind that attempting to set <a href="info.configuration.html#ini.magic-quotes-gpc" class="link">
magic_quotes_gpc</a> at runtime will not work.
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<p class="para">
For more information about magic_quotes, see this
<a href="security.magicquotes.html" class="link">security section</a>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns 0 if magic_quotes_gpc is off, 1 otherwise.
Or always returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> as of PHP 5.4.0.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.4.0</td>
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Always returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> because the magic quotes feature was removed from PHP.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>get_magic_quotes_gpc()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// If magic quotes are enabled<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$_POST</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'lastname'</span><span style="color: #007700">]; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// O\'reilly<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">addslashes</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$_POST</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'lastname'</span><span style="color: #007700">]); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// O\\\'reilly<br /><br />// Usage across all PHP versions<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_magic_quotes_gpc</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">stripslashes</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$_POST</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'lastname'</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br />}<br />else {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$_POST</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'lastname'</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// If using MySQL<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_real_escape_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// O\'reilly<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$sql </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"INSERT INTO lastnames (lastname) VALUES ('</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$lastname</span><span style="color: #DD0000">')"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
If the directive <a href="sybase.configuration.html#ini.magic-quotes-sybase" class="link">
magic_quotes_sybase</a> is ON it will completely override
<a href="info.configuration.html#ini.magic-quotes-gpc" class="link">magic_quotes_gpc</a>. So even
when <span class="function"><strong>get_magic_quotes_gpc()</strong></span> returns
<strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> neither double quotes, backslashes or NUL's will
be escaped. Only single quotes will be escaped. In this
case they'll look like: <em class="emphasis">''</em>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.get-magic-quotes-gpc-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.addslashes.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">addslashes()</a> - Quote string with slashes</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.stripslashes.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">stripslashes()</a> - Un-quotes a quoted string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.get-magic-quotes-runtime.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_magic_quotes_runtime()</a> - Gets the current active configuration setting of magic_quotes_runtime</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ini-get.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ini_get()</a> - Gets the value of a configuration option</span></li>
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