|  | Posted by Kim Andrι Akerψ on 11/02/05 22:43 
Pasquale wrote:
 >
 >
 > Oli Filth wrote:
 > > Don't user magic quotes, full stop. They're a stupid idea, the PHP
 > > developers have realised this and are slowly trying to dissaude
 > > people  from using them:
 > >
 > > "It's preferred to code with magic quotes off and to instead escape
 > > the  data at runtime, as needed." (PHP manual)
 > >
 > > What's more, they aren't actually much good for the job they were
 > > originally intended, safe query construction. If you're using MySQL
 > > (you  didn't mention what DB you're using, so I'm taking a guess),
 > > use  mysql_real_escape_string() instead.
 >
 > "...use mysql_real_escape_string() instead". Instead of magic quotes
 > on?
 >
 > My site is hosted with a hosting company. How would I bypass magic
 > quotes being on?
 
 If magic quotes are switched on, this will probably help:
 
 $string = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($string));
 
 This will strip all slashes added by magic quotes, and add slashes that
 are suitable for use in MySQL queries.
 
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