get_magic_quotes_gpc() to be executed only if PHP version is 5.3 or lower

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/system/core/Input.php b/system/core/Input.php
index 6f8442107..f8e89066e 100755
--- a/system/core/Input.php
+++ b/system/core/Input.php
@@ -554,8 +554,12 @@ class CI_Input {
 			return $new_array;
 		}
 
-		// We strip slashes if magic quotes is on to keep things consistent
-		if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') AND @get_magic_quotes_gpc())
+		/* We strip slashes if magic quotes is on to keep things consistent
+
+		   NOTE: In PHP 5.4 get_magic_quotes_gpc() will always return 0 and
+			 it will probably not exist in future versions at all.
+		*/
+		if ( ! is_php('5.4') && get_magic_quotes_gpc())
 		{
 			$str = stripslashes($str);
 		}