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get_magic_quotes_gpc

Name

get_magic_quotes_gpc — Gets the current magic_quotes_gpc setting.

Synopsis

int get_magic_quotes_gpc(void)

Returns

1 if on; 0 if off

Description

Shows whether the configuration option get_magic_quotes_gpc() is on or off. This can also be determined from phpinfo() . For example, this function is useful for determining whether addslashes() needs to be used on data before writing it to a database. magic_quotes_gpc controls whether data received from GET, POST, or cookie operations has special characters prepended with a backslash (\).

Version

Existing since version 3.0.6

Example

Example 999. Check value of get_magic_quotes_gpc

<?php
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) echo "get_magic_quotes_gpc is on";
?>

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