The magic_quotes_gpc
     directive may only be disabled at the system level, and not at
     runtime. In otherwords, use of ini_set() is not
     an option.
    
     
Example 31-1. Disabling magic quotes server side 
       An example that sets the value of these directives to 
       Off in php.ini.  For additional details, read the 
       manual section titled How to 
       change configuration settings.
       ; Magic quotes
;
; Magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie data.
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
; Magic quotes for runtime-generated data, e.g. data from SQL, from exec(), etc.
magic_quotes_runtime = Off
; Use Sybase-style magic quotes (escape ' with '' instead of \').
magic_quotes_sybase = Off  |  
 
       If access to the server configuration is unavailable, use of
       .htaccess is also an option.  For example:
       php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off  |  
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     In the interest of writing portable code (code that works in any 
     environment), like if setting at the server level is not possible,
     here's an example to disable 
     magic_quotes_gpc at runtime. This method is inefficient so 
     it's preferred to instead set the appropriate directives elsewhere.
    
     
Example 31-2. Disabling magic quotes at runtime 
<?php if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {     function stripslashes_deep($value)     {         $value = is_array($value) ?                     array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :                     stripslashes($value);
          return $value;     }
      $_POST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_POST);     $_GET = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_GET);     $_COOKIE = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_COOKIE);     $_REQUEST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_REQUEST); } ?>
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