NYCPHP Meetup

[Hans Zaunere]

> I'm finishing up the article on php.ini settings to which 
> many of you have contributed over the past month and a half, 
> and I need a bit more help on this one issue.
> 
> There seems to be a consensus that the three magic_quotes 
> settings should be off except in certain very limited circumstances.
> 1.  is this accurate?

No.. they should never be on...

> 2.  what are (examples of) those very limited circumstances?

Exactly.   :)

Not to beat a dead horse, but I think a lot of PHP's "convenience"
settings (like register_globals, magic_this and magic_that) fall into
the "it seemed like a good idea at the time" department.  For the most
part, the php.ini-recommended is the way to go -
http://cvs.php.net/co.php/php-src/php.ini-recommended?login=2&r=1.148

H