The patch attached to PHP bug report fixes your problem:
root@howl:/tmp# /tmp/buildd/php5-5.3.3/cgi-build/sapi/cli/php -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(1) "1" root@howl:/tmp# grep ^magic_quotes_gpc /tmp/php.ini magic_quotes_gpc = On root@howl:/tmp# /tmp/buildd/php5-5.3.3/cgi-build/sapi/cli/php -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(1) "1" root@howl:/tmp# emacs php.ini root@howl:/tmp# grep ^magic_quotes_gpc /tmp/php.ini magic_quotes_gpc = Off root@howl:/tmp# /tmp/buildd/php5-5.3.3/cgi-build/sapi/cli/php -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(0) "" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930115 Title: php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13 introduced regression in magic_quotes_gpc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/930115/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs