From:	Wolf	Date:	Fri May  9 10:59:25 2008
Subject:	Re: php.ini

---- Michael Satterwhite <michael@weblore.com> wrote: 
> I'm trying to turn off magic quotes for a site. I've copied the php.ini 
> from /etc/php5/apache2 to the web site directory. In this file, I've changed 
> magic_quotes_gpc to read
> 	magic_quotes.gpc = Off
> 
> When I run phpinfo() from this directory, it still shows magic quotes as being 
> on. I'm guessing there is another configuration parameter (either in the 
> Apache configuration or for php) that allows this to be processed. Would 
> someone be so kind as to help me here; I admit ignorance. 
> 
> ---Michael
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When making changes to Apache configuration read files, you have to RESTART APACHE before those changes take effect.

However you can use php's ini_set () function to set a number of settings on the fly that can be changed per page change.

HTH,
Wolf