get_loaded_extensions
Regarding the three main strip methods as found below (two using foreach, 1 using the json method), I've done a little benchmarking using 'true' profiling (using a registered tickhandler where declare(ticks=1)).
I wondered whether or not json would not be terribly slow.
I won't discuss the profiler, but will suffice with the following statement, followed by the used code to benchmark:
The json method was by FAR the quickest (contrary to what I'd thought), so if you need a speedy process, use that!
<?php
declare(ticks=1);
function g()
{
return array(
'a'=>'i\\\\\\'m',
array('a1' => 'x', 'b1' => 'x'),
array( 'a2' => array('a3' => '\\\\\\'x', 'b3' => 'random' )
)
);
}
function strip_json($d)
{
$rs = json_decode(stripslashes(json_encode($d, JSON_HEX_APOS)), true);
return $rs;
}
function strip_deep1($d)
{
foreach ($d as $k=>$v)
{
if (is_array($v)) { $d[$k] = strip_deep1($v); }
else { $d[$k] = stripslashes($v); }
}
return $d;
}
function strip_deep2(&$d)
{
$d = is_array($d) ? array_map('strip_deep2', $d) : stripslashes($d);
return $d;
}
// now profile it
require_once './TickProfiler.php';
$N = 1000;
$d = g();
TickProfiler::Register();
for ($i = 0; $i < $N; $i++){ strip_json($d); }
for ($i = 0; $i < $N; $i++){ strip_deep1($d); }
for ($i = 0; $i < $N; $i++){ strip_deep2($d); }
TickProfiler::Unregister();
TickProfiler::Display();
?>
My output (PHP 5.3.1, win32):
[TickProfiler::tick] => Array
(
[time] => 0.76188707351685
[calls] => 46001
)
[TickProfiler::Register] => Array
(
[time] => 3.0994415283203E-5
[calls] => 1
)
[strip_json] => Array
(
[time] => 0.025638580322266
[calls] => 1000
)
[strip_deep1] => Array
(
[time] => 0.40303444862366
[calls] => 36000
)
[strip_deep2] => Array
(
[time] => 0.14928555488586
[calls] => 9000
)
)
As can be seen above, using json speeds output by at least a factor of 5 (nearly 6).
Just wanted to share this :D
Do note the strip_json function has two LOC instead of a plain return statement, otherwise it wouldn't get picked up by the tickprofiler (it would return from the code immediately, never reaching the profiler)!
Usage of the return statement in strip_deep2 is not needed, as the argument is passed by reference.
A new test showed that the time penalty for this is about 0.09 seconds.
This actually means that the factor between strip_deep2 vs strip_json is only about 2.
Still, strip_json would be about twice as fast as strip_deep2
get_magic_quotes_gpc
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
get_magic_quotes_gpc — Gets the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc
Description
bool get_magic_quotes_gpc
( void
)
Returns the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc
Keep in mind that attempting to set magic_quotes_gpc at runtime will not work.
For more information about magic_quotes, see this security section.
Return Values
Returns 0 if magic_quotes_gpc is off, 1 otherwise.
Or always returns FALSE as of PHP 5.4.0.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.4.0 |
Always returns FALSE because the magic quotes feature was removed from PHP.
|
Examples
Example #1 get_magic_quotes_gpc() example
<?php
// If magic quotes are enabled
echo $_POST['lastname']; // O\'reilly
echo addslashes($_POST['lastname']); // O\\\'reilly
// Usage across all PHP versions
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$lastname = stripslashes($_POST['lastname']);
}
else {
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'];
}
// If using MySQL
$lastname = mysql_real_escape_string($lastname);
echo $lastname; // O\'reilly
$sql = "INSERT INTO lastnames (lastname) VALUES ('$lastname')";
?>
Notes
Note:
If the directive magic_quotes_sybase is ON it will completely override magic_quotes_gpc. So even when get_magic_quotes_gpc() returns
TRUEneither double quotes, backslashes or NUL's will be escaped. Only single quotes will be escaped. In this case they'll look like: ''
See Also
- addslashes() - Quote string with slashes
- stripslashes() - Un-quotes a quoted string
- get_magic_quotes_runtime() - Gets the current active configuration setting of magic_quotes_runtime
- ini_get() - Gets the value of a configuration option
add a note
User Contributed Notes
get_magic_quotes_gpc - [15 notes]
rogier at dsone ¶
10 months ago
hetored at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
Here's what I came up with to remove magic quotes from request data.
Replaces two single-quotes with one if magic_quotes_sybase are on, otherwise it just strips slashes.
Note that the `foreach` style makes this work only with PHP 5 and above.
<?php
// Strip magic quotes from request data.
if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
// Create lamba style unescaping function (for portability)
$quotes_sybase = strtolower(ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase'));
$unescape_function = (empty($quotes_sybase) || $quotes_sybase === 'off') ? 'stripslashes($value)' : 'str_replace("\'\'","\'",$value)';
$stripslashes_deep = create_function('&$value, $fn', '
if (is_string($value)) {
$value = ' . $unescape_function . ';
} else if (is_array($value)) {
foreach ($value as &$v) $fn($v, $fn);
}
');
// Unescape data
$stripslashes_deep($_POST, $stripslashes_deep);
$stripslashes_deep($_GET, $stripslashes_deep);
$stripslashes_deep($_COOKIE, $stripslashes_deep);
$stripslashes_deep($_REQUEST, $stripslashes_deep);
}
?>
Alix Axel ¶
3 years ago
For those of you who need a portable magic quotes antidote here is a solution that fixes both keys and values in multi-dimensional arrays:
<?php
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc() === 1)
{
$_GET = json_decode(stripslashes(json_encode($_GET, JSON_HEX_APOS)), true);
$_POST = json_decode(stripslashes(json_encode($_POST, JSON_HEX_APOS)), true);
$_COOKIE = json_decode(stripslashes(json_encode($_COOKIE, JSON_HEX_APOS)), true);
$_REQUEST = json_decode(stripslashes(json_encode($_REQUEST, JSON_HEX_APOS)), true);
}
?>
Look mum, no recursion! :P Enjoy!
slonmron_no_spam_please_ at yahoo dot com ¶
6 years ago
Re: php at kaiundina dot de (03-Feb-2005 02:18)
1. magic_quotes_gpc=on/off and magic_quotes_sybase=on/off
I made test and your function worked right.
These were the <input ... /> names I used:
name="a"
name="b.b b\b"
name="c[c.1]"
name="c[c 2]"
name="c[c\3]"
name="c.c c[c.' 4]"
name="c ' c[c"4]"
name="d"[d"1]"
(I used " because I don't know other way to put " into the name)
and the user-input value:
a ' " \ \' \" \\ a
2. > 17) The chars '.', ' ' are always replaced by '_' when used in keys.
This is true only for the top-level keys, such as "b.b b\b", "c.c c" and "c ' c" above. The second-level key "[c.' 4]" was not changed to [c_'_4] but was escaped acording to how magic_quites_XXX are set.
Tested on PHP 4.4.0.
These magic_quotes are really black magic :(
It'll be good to make test against $_SESSION, but I can't do it today.
venimus at gmail dot com ¶
6 years ago
When you work with forms and databases you should use this concept:
1.When inserting the user input in DB escape $_POST/$_GET with add_slashes() or similar (to match the speciffic database escape rules)
$query='INSERT INTO users SET fullname="'.add_slashes($_POST['fullname']).'"';
insert_into_db($query);
2.When reading a previously submitted input from DB use html_special_chars to display an escaped result!
read_db_row('SELECT fullname FROM users');
echo '<input type="text" name="fullname" value="'.html_special_chars($db_row['fullname']).'" />
this way you safely store and work with the original(unescaped) data.
eltehaem at poczta dot onet dot pl ¶
8 years ago
Please note, that when magic_quotes_gpc is set not only $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, $_COOKIE arrays values are slashed. Actually every string value in $GLOBALS array is slashed, ie. $GLOBALS['_SERVER']['PATH_INFO'] (or $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']).
surya at c77 dot in ¶
5 years ago
@heiko dot richler at informatik dot fh-nuernberg dot de
I think your stripslashes_deep function should like this:
<?php
function stripslashes_deep(&$value)
{
$value = is_array($value) ?
array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :
stripslashes($value);
return $value;
}
?>
You missed the References.
heiko dot richler at informatik dot fh-nuernberg dot de ¶
5 years ago
@ dot dot dot dot dot alexander at gmail dot com
I suggest replacing foreach by "stripslashes_deep":
Example #2 Using stripslashes() on an array on
<http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php>:
<?php
function stripslashes_deep($value)
{
$value = is_array($value) ?
array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :
stripslashes($value);
return $value;
}
?>
This gives:
<?php
if((function_exists("get_magic_quotes_gpc") && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) || (ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase') && (strtolower(ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase'))!="off")) ){
stripslashes_deep($_GET);
stripslashes_deep($_POST);
stripslashes_deep($_COOKIE);
}
?>
louis at greynoise dot co dot uk ¶
5 years ago
<?php
function stripper($stringvar){
if (1 == get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
$stringvar = stripslashes($stringvar);
}
return $stringvar;
}
?>
Usage:
<?php
$Body = stripper($rs->fields('Body'));
echo($Body);
?>
This checks if get_magic_quotes_gpc() is on and strips a string variable for output if its on. Useful if the dev server and live server are set up different.
dot dot dot dot dot alexander at gmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
Just a little correction:
( Because of the ini_get function that may return a string value of "off" that evaluates to TRUE )
<?php
if(
( function_exists("get_magic_quotes_gpc") && get_magic_quotes_gpc() )
|| ( ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase') && ( strtolower(ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase')) != "off" ) )
){
foreach($_GET as $k => $v) $_GET[$k] = stripslashes($v);
foreach($_POST as $k => $v) $_POST[$k] = stripslashes($v);
foreach($_COOKIE as $k => $v) $_COOKIE[$k] = stripslashes($v);
}
?>
stpierre-at-spamsucks.nebrwesleyan.edu ¶
8 years ago
I've found that, when working with Oracle (9i at least), you'll want to turn on magic_quotes_sybase. I've read elsewhere that others have had the same experience.
rickm707 at gmail dot com ¶
2 years ago
For many people, including myself, the problem is not needing to remove escape characters, but simply to know if they are already in place. In my case, I WANT user input to be properly escaped, but I don't want to do it twice. In cases like this, here's my solution:
<?php
function conditional_escape ($str)
{
/* Automatic escaping is highly deprecated, but many sites do it
anyway to protect themselves from stupid customers. */
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
/* Apache automatically escaped the string already. */
return $str;
}
/* Replace the following line with whatever function you prefer
to call to escape a string. */
return mysqli_real_escape_string ($link, $str);
}
?>
Example:
<?php
$username = conditional_escape ($_POST['Username']);
$password = conditional_escape ($_POST['Password']);
$email_address = conditional_escape ($_POST['Email_Address']);
?>
Hope this helps.
dot dot dot dot dot alexander at gmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
If you don't need to enter the user input in a database, and you are annoyed by "those-damn-slashes-behind-the-apostrophes" (or quotes), that you are forced to strip manually for each entry, you will find this helpful: ( Just put it so it gets executed before any manipulation to the GPC ( Get|Post|Cookie ) )
<?php
if( ( function_exists("get_magic_quotes_gpc") && get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) || ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase') ){
foreach($_GET as $k => $v) $_GET[$k] = stripslashes($v);
foreach($_POST as $k => $v) $_POST[$k] = stripslashes($v);
foreach($_COOKIE as $k => $v) $_COOKIE[$k] = stripslashes($v);
}
?>
php at kaiundina dot de ¶
8 years ago
Escaping of key-strings in GPC-arrays behave different to the escaping of their values.
First I expected that keys in submitted gpc-arrays are never escaped.
Anyway. After I saw escaped keys, I assumed they're escaped according to the settings of magic quotes.
... it's even worse...
It took me over 2 days of testing to figure out the exact behavior and creating two functions (one for each php-version) that strips slashes reliably from any array submitted to a script. Hope this saves someones time and nerves.
The following is true for $_GET- and $_POST-arrays. I hope other arrays affected by magic quotes behave equally.
I did not test the behavior for cases where magic_quotes_sybase is set.
== legend for possible case combinations ==
Px = php version we're using
P4 = php 4.3.9
P5 = php 5.0.2
MQ = MagicQuotes GPC
+MQ = magic quotes enabled
-MQ = magic quotes disabled
TL = TopLevel key
+TL = key is on top level (i.e. $_GET['myKey'])
-TL = key is nested within another array (i.e. $_GET['myList']['myKey'])
AK = ArrayKey
+AK = the value of the key is another array (i.e. is_array($_GET['myKey']) == true)
-AK = the value is a normal string (i.e. is_string($_GET['myKey']) == true)
== legend for possible results ==
KE = KeyEscaping
+KE = control chars are prefixed with a backslash
-KE = key is returned as submitted and needn't to be stripped
VE = ValueEscaping (doesn't apply for array as value)
+VE = control chars are prefixed with a backslash
-VE = value is returned as submitted and needn't to be stripped
== here we go - the following rules apply ==
1) P4 +MQ +AK +TL --> -KE
2) P4 +MQ +AK -TL --> +KE
3) P4 +MQ -AK +TL --> -KE +VE
4) P4 +MQ -AK -TL --> +KE +VE
5) P4 -MQ +AK +TL --> -KE
6) P4 -MQ +AK -TL --> -KE
7) P4 -MQ -AK +TL --> -KE -VE
8) P4 -MQ -AK -TL --> -KE -VE
9) P5 +MQ +AK +TL --> -KE
10) P5 +MQ +AK -TL --> +KE
11) P5 +MQ -AK +TL --> +KE +VE
12) P5 +MQ -AK -TL --> +KE +VE
13) P5 -MQ +AK +TL --> -KE
14) P5 -MQ +AK -TL --> -KE
15) P5 -MQ -AK +TL --> +KE -VE
16) P5 -MQ -AK -TL --> +KE -VE
17) The chars '.', ' ' are always replaced by '_' when used in keys.
Example (rule 15):
When running under php 5.0.2 having magic quotes disabled, gpc-keys on top level containing strings are escaped while their associated values are not.
== The following function will strip GPC-arrays for php 4.3.9 ==
<?php
function transcribe($aList, $aIsTopLevel = true) {
$gpcList = array();
$isMagic = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
foreach ($aList as $key => $value) {
$decodedKey = ($isMagic && !$aIsTopLevel)?stripslashes($key):$key;
if (is_array($value)) {
$decodedValue = transcribe($value, false);
} else {
$decodedValue = ($isMagic)?stripslashes($value):$value;
}
$gpcList[$decodedKey] = $decodedValue;
}
return $gpcList;
}
?>
== The following function will strip GPC-arrays for php 5.0.2 ==
<?php
function transcribe($aList, $aIsTopLevel = true) {
$gpcList = array();
$isMagic = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
foreach ($aList as $key => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
$decodedKey = ($isMagic && !$aIsTopLevel)?stripslashes($key):$key;
$decodedValue = transcribe($value, false);
} else {
$decodedKey = stripslashes($key);
$decodedValue = ($isMagic)?stripslashes($value):$value;
}
$gpcList[$decodedKey] = $decodedValue;
}
return $gpcList;
}
?>
Usage:
<?php
$unstrippedGET = transcribe($_GET);
$unstrippedPOST = transcribe($_POST);
?>
Maybe someone is willing to test those combinations for other php-versions and with magic_quotes_sybase set to 'on' - let me know.
Sorry for this huge amount of text, but it's complete. I was unable to compress the decision table more than this.
gwang at theniceagency dot com ¶
5 years ago
The magic_quotes_gpc = On setting in php.ini is an unfortunate flaw in php which is not a convenience but a source of many bugs and a performance penalty. Decent programmers all know that special characters such as single quotes need to be escaped in string values of an SQL statement. The magic_quotes_gpc = On setting wants to do this for programmers but fails to realize that post or get data usually are validated first. If the data are not valid, they are sent back to the browser for resubmission. In this case, the slashes added to the data are doubled after the next submission, thus causing bugs.