[Geoprisma-dev] Magic quotes ?

[Alexandre Dube]

Pascal Martin wrote:
> Alexandre Dube a écrit :
>   
>> Hi devs,
>>
>>  While documenting what are the prerequisites of GeoPrisma, I ran into
>> the "Magic Quotes" in the gp-info.php text page [1].  I upgraded to
>> php 5.3 and in the php manual, it says that this features is
>> deprecated [2].  But first, I'd like to know when we use this feature
>> (this rings a bell, but I can't remember where to find it).  Any
>> example to point out ?
>>
>>  My goal is to make some doc out of it if possible.
>>
>>  Many thanks,
>>
>> [1] http://dev4g.mapgears.com/geoprisma/demo/gp-info.php
>> [2] http://php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.php
>>
>>     
> magic_quotes_gpc = Off
>
> Magic Quotes need to be diseable for geoprisma
>   

  Thanks Pascal.  The "what" portion of it was added to the doc (in 
addition to more updates btw) : r717

  Do you know anything about "why" do we need it turned Off (out of 
curiosity) ?

Thanks again,

-- 
Alexandre Dubé
Mapgears
www.mapgears.com