PHP get_magic_quotes_gpc function

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get_magic_quotes_gpc

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.6, PHP 4, PHP 5)

Returns the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc

Keep in mind that the setting magic_quotes_gpc will not work at runtime.

For more information about magic_quotes, see this
security section.

Returns 0 if magic quotes gpc are off, 1 otherwise.

Example 1. get_magic_quotes_gpc() example

echo get_magic_quotes_gpc();         // 1
echo $_POST['lastname'];             // O\'reilly
echo addslashes($_POST['lastname']); // O\\\'reilly
 
if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
    $lastname = addslashes($_POST['lastname']);
} else {
    $lastname = $_POST['lastname'];
}
 
echo $lastname; // O\'reilly
$sql = "INSERT INTO lastnames (lastname) VALUES ('$lastname')";

Note:
If the directive magic_quotes_sybase is ON it will completely override
magic_quotes_gpc. So even
when get_magic_quotes_gpc() returns
TRUE neither double quotes, backslashes or NUL’s will
be escaped. Only single quotes will be escaped. In this
case they’ll look like: ”