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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] get_magic_quotes_gpc, get-magic-quotes-runtime in head, get a "final" decision
From: larry@garfieldtech.com (Larry Garfield)

On Thursday 07 February 2008, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> On 07.02.2008, at 00:59, Pierre Joye wrote:
> > Hi Andi,
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 12:56 AM, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:
> >> -1
> >>
> >> Suggestion to enhance the suggestion: return false + emit E_STRICT
> >> message (but I am also fine with pure return false if people don't
> >> like
> >> this suggestion).
> >
> > Sounds reasonable too. It would be nice to add a deprecate notice in
> > 5.3.x as well.
>
> Yeah, note that we sort of agreed to split off an E_DEPRECATED from
> E_STRICT in PHP 5.3.
>
> regards,
> Lukas

But in PHP 5.x, a well-written program should still be checking for magic 
quotes so that it can undo the damage they cause if necessary.  Not all 
programs can control their environment, so checking those functions is 
basically required if you want to run on a server over which you don't have 
absolute control.  I wouldn't say that's deprecated or a strict-violation.  

So I guess I'm -1: Restore them, always return false, and throw E_DEPRECATED.  

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