I am trying to upgrade and received this message: "The PHP server variable 'magic_quotes_gpc' is not turned On" I read the documentation but do not understand the override .htaccess part.
I do not have access to the php.ini file, can someone explain the work around on this?
Thanks,
Jeff Watkins
I have an answer and a problem. As I understand (and we may find out soon that I don't) you simply need to find the file named "htaccess" in the "lib" subdirectory and copy it to the main moodle directory. Then, you need to rename it ".htaccess" -- the leading dot is important.
I just completed what I've described and now a bunch of code shows up on the pages. Also, the magic_quotes error remains. I tried commenting out the lines in the file that are needed for Apache version 2, but that made no difference. So, I've reached the end of what I can think of to do. Help! The webserver uses Apache 1.3.26 and PHP 4.2.2
Thanks, Worth Swearingen
Hi Worth,
I tried the same thing before writing in and had the same problem that you describe. I have put a help request in to my server and hopefully they can alter the php.ini file for me.
Thanks for the response. 
Jeff Watkins
Thanks for pointing me in this direction. 
Worth
I'm most of the way through cracking this nut.
First, I commented out all of the lines except the one that I needed -- the one setting magic_quotes_gpc. This eliminated the problem of code showing up on the front page. I'll figure out which line is causing the problem, later.
Second, I changed php_flag to php_value. Bingo! Moodle upgraded.
Worth Swearingen
You lost me. How do you "comment out" lines... where do you do this... and what is php_vale and php_flag?
Jeff Watkins
Sorry about that! You'll need to open the htaccess file in a text editor like Notepad. You'll see inside everything to which I referred.
To comment out a line, just stick a "#" in front of it (skip the quotation marks). You'll see many instances of this in the htaccess file. Then, when you scroll down, you'll see a series of directions that begin "php_flag". Change any of those that you need to "php_value" and leave the rest of the line intact. I changed magic_quotes_gpc because it was the only setting that needed to be changed. I commented out the rest instead of deleting them just in case I made a mistake.
Yours,
Worth Swearingen
I was looking at it in Notepad and it all looked like cunieform to me. I then opened it in Dreamweaver, and low and behold... it read like script. All fixed and is now working!!!
Thanks Worth... you're the man!!
Jeff Watkins
Worth,
Thanks so much. You're the man!
I use Bluedomino also and they've been telling me that I could change this value to "1' with an .htaccess file, but it wasn't working at all. Your tip did the trick.
Mark
