[support] Strange characters in source of block

[Frank Nikola]

If you do not already have a php.ini file in your Drupal root follow these
simple steps from Christopher to override the setting and turn off magic
quotes...


 If do not have a php.ini file in your Drupal
root<http://drupal.org/node/1437998#comment-5940550>
Posted by Christopher Jam... <http://drupal.org/user/495096> on *May 1,
2012 at 6:38am*

- Create a blank text file and add the line:
magic_quotes_gpc = Off

- Save the text file as "php.ini" (without the double quotes)

- Upload the php.ini file to your Drupal root directory.



On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Anthony <tony at tony-mac.com> wrote:

> Bluehost mail to me
> "Hi,
> It is a drupal problem in the fact that drupal was written to work on a
> centos environment and that a change from centos 5 to centos 6 results in
> the problems you experienced.
> Its a known bug with drupal and yes, we did make the upgrade, but it is
> still a drupal issue with the centos 6 environment.
>
> You have two options to stop the escape characters from being inserted:
>
> 1. Change to PHP 5.3 and update your Drupal installation to the most
> recent version.  This can be done in the PHP Config section of the cPanel.
>
> Simply click on the radio button to the left of PHP 5.3 or PHP 5.3 Single
> (depending on which php.ini behavior you prefer) and then save the changes.
>
> 2. You may also disable magic_quotes_gpc in the php.ini.
>
> This is done by finding the php.ini that applies to your Drupal
> installation in the File Manager, and Editing it.
> Once inside, search (the ctrl+f find function is recommended) for the line
> magic_quotes_gpc=On and set this variable to magic_quotes_gpc=Off
>
> Here is a thread on the drupal forums themselves that goes more into
> detail about the problem and some fixes: http://drupal.org/node/1437998
> "
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Joel Willers <joel.willers at sigler.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm on BlueHost and I experienced the problem on an updated installation
>> of D7 and D6. It was very annoying, and the fact that Drupal automatically
>> turns it off really made it difficult to diagnose. Sadly, Drupal's attempts
>> to turn it off failed, and I needed to edit the php.ini file in the server
>> root to turn it off. Simple enough, but it sure was a pain to figure out.
>> It's all better now, though.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
>> Behalf Of Earnie Boyd
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:01 AM
>> To: support at drupal.org
>> Subject: Re: [support] Strange characters in source of block
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Jamie Holly <hovercrafter at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>> > There was some chatter on Twitter about this happening on HostMonster
>> > suddenly on Friday. Apparently them and BlueHost are connected. I've
>> > got a couple client sites that haven't seen the problems yet, but it
>> > makes you wonder if they aren't rolling out some change.
>> >
>>
>> I'm on BlueHost and don't see a problem yet.  I've a D6 site that is
>> aggregating RSS into nodes and they are usually filled with quote
>> characters.
>>
>> --
>> Earnie
>> -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd
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>
>
>
> --
>
> *Anthony Stefan Maciejowski*
>
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