From:	Shawn McKenzie	Date:	Fri May  9 11:56:25 2008
Subject:	Re: php.ini

Michael Satterwhite 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

You have to set it in your main php.ini, the one shown in phpinfo() or 
set it in a .htaccess in the web dir if permitted.  You can't just copy 
a php.ini into a dir and expect php to use it.

-Shawn