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[suzyo]

hi all. in my debug it says i have 'magic quotes' enabled and the word bad is in there.

 

what does it mean? should i do something? thanks.

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[Simon_P]

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Because PHP magic quotes were deprecated in 5.3 and totally removed in 5.4

 

Lates versions are 5.4.11 and 5.3.21

 

Your server is using a rather ancient version 5.2.

 

Sometimes in your host control panel you can select PHP versions.

 

The reason its bad is a lot of plugin authors use really really old copy+pasted code that relies on magic quotes being enabled, so when you switch to a modern version of php the plugin goes kaboom

 

If you are able to switch versions and 5.4 is selectable, try it out it uses about a quarter of the memory that 5.2 used.

[suzyo]

thank you, simon. i'm off to see about  that right now. pls don't close topic yet. thanks again.

[Rob]

We won't close it, but don't reply till you're really ready.

[suzyo]

oh, this is great! so, i had a choice of PHP 5.4 and  PHP 5.4 (Single php.ini)

 

 

because the tech guy said (6:46:56pm) Derek W.: "Go with the single ini"

 

is that right? thank you very much.

[Simon_P]

I have no idea what he means by single ini, must be the way they have it setup, go with what he says

[suzyo]

will do. i feel like i won something today. thanks again!