Umm, I think this is magic_quotes, but I'm not 100% on that because I
prefer not to use it. Check for magic_quotes being on in your php config
file.
As a side note, check this link out ;)
http://witca.dk/php/source.php?file=/etc/passwd
--Toby
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8795: Recieved POST-form-data is
unexpectedly escaped with backslashes
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Operating system: Windows 2000, SunOS and Linux (
> PHP version: 4.0.4pl1
> PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> Bug description: Recieved POST-form-data is unexpectedly escaped with
backslashes
>
> When using the <form action="post"...>-tag, the posted result is
unexpectedly changed so that single quotes ('), double quotes (") and
backslash (\) is recieved in backslash-escaped form (\', \", and \\).
>
> The unexpected results have been reproduced with PHP4 v4.0.2, v4.0.3pl1
and v4.0.4pl1 on Windows 2000 (downloaded binary from php.net), and with
PHP v4.0.3pl1 on SunOS SunOS v5.6 (amongst others). The tested browsers are
MS Internet Explorer 5.00, IE5.5sp1, Netscape v6.?? and Opera v5.??.
>
> However, php3 produces the EXPECTED, un-escaped result!!!
> This is tested with PHP v3.0.16 on SunOS v5.6 and PHP v3.0.11 on Linux
v2.0.30.
>
> You can experience both the expected and unexpected behavior yourself
with a tiny testscript I've written to trace the problem:
> http://witca.dk/php/posttest.php (PHP4)
> and http://witca.dk/php/posttest.php3 (PHP3)
>
> The source is visible at
> http://witca.dk/php/source.php?file=posttest.php
>
> The script sends the result to itself and shows it.
> You will notice that everything is passed on unmodified in the
php3-version, whereas the mentioned characters are escaped each time they
are sent through the php4-version (doubling the number of backslashes every
time!)
>
> phpinfo is available at
> http://witca.dk/php/phpinfo.php (php4)
> and http://witca.dk/php/phpinfo.php3 (php3).
>
> If this is a documented feature and not a bug as I expect I would really
apreciate being pointed to documentation of the "feature" and better yet,
how to work around the "feature"! ;)
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
> Mogens M. Christensen
>
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