Magic Quotes GPC On - how to change?

[schartier]

I tried everything to fix the double quotes (") being escaped (\") .

I tried disabling magic_qotes any way possible but this did not worked! The only solution I found was editing library/joomla/input/filter/input.php.

Function clean (line 159)

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public function clean($source, $type = 'string') {

        // Handle the type constraint
        switch (strtoupper($type)) {
            case 'INT':

as follow:

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public function clean($source, $type = 'string') {

        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
            if (is_string($source))
                $source = stripslashes($source);
            else if(is_array($source))
                array_walk($source, create_function ('&$var', '$var=stripslashes($var);'));
        }

        // Handle the type constraint
        switch (strtoupper($type)) {
            case 'INT':

[humvee]

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Why are you editing core files in Joomla to correct a problem with your server configuration?

The solution to the issue is to ensure magic_quotes is disabled in the php.ini configuration file.

If you do not have control over this, speak to your host, if they won't do anything about it find yourself a host that knows what they are doing and move.

Never edit the core files of Joomla unless so directed by the Joomla developers by way of a temporary bug fix prior to an update release.

[mikekist]

I was having problems with escaped characters and was just about ready to give up. I had placed a php.ini file in the joomla root directory as well as a phpinfo.php file to verify the settings. The phpinfo file was indeed returning magic_quotes_gpc as off yet I was still having problems with escaped characters when saving an article with html including css code.

Then I read humvee's post on another thread stating that you must place the php.ini file in the administrator directory as well. Once accomplished the problem disappeared and I was able to save the articles with css formatting without error.

Thanks humvee for saving me additional hours of troubleshooting - I should have come here first.

[humvee]

Shows the value of a quick search of the forum or reading the documentation, glad it helped mikekist.