Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:54047 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 10201 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2011 16:37:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Jul 2011 16:37:18 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=philip@roshambo.org; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=philip@roshambo.org; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain roshambo.org from 209.85.214.170 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: philip@roshambo.org X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.214.170 mail-iw0-f170.google.com Received: from [209.85.214.170] ([209.85.214.170:34318] helo=mail-iw0-f170.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id BB/9E-08769-D31642E4 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:37:18 -0400 Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so3486073iwn.29 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.196.196 with SMTP id eh4mr7335394icb.2.1311007035145; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (c-174-61-179-13.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [174.61.179.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d3sm2975659iba.57.2011.07.18.09.37.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:37:14 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20110718143939.GB23368@panix.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:37:12 -0700 Cc: PHP Internals List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <20110718143939.GB23368@panix.com> To: Daniel Convissor X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Magic Quotes in PHP, the Finalle From: philip@roshambo.org (Philip Olson) On Jul 18, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Daniel Convissor wrote: > Hi Folks: >=20 > We all want to see Magic Quotes go away. Discussions on this list = indicate > several people are concerned with doing this in a safe and orderly > manner. [1][2] To this end, I have posted an RFC at > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/magicquotes_finale >=20 > Please read it through, think about it, then post your opinions to the > mailing list. I'm not sure about the version change cycle (5.4 vs 5.5 vs 6.0), but = regarding=20 this part of the RFC: "'removal' What do people think should happen here? Please discuss." That's a key point as it's not a simple matter, especially considering = several=20 functions and settings exist. I reckon we all now agree that = get_magic_quotes_*()=20 should remain but return false. But for example, what about people who = use set_magic_quotes_runtime() and set it to false? Should we punish these = people for the sake of a cleaner break from our beloved magic quotes? Maybe. I = think=20 the current patch would simply remove it. Where is the current patch, = and what=20 does it do? Regards, Philip=