Posted 2 years ago #
Hi,
I'm having trouble with WordPress adding extra apostrophes every time I update a post. A post will publish fine the first time but with each update post after a extra apostrophes is added.
For example
Chris's will become Chris''s then Chris'''s
This happens on a few different Macs all running Leopard and using WordPress 2.8.5.
Anyone have any ideas as to whats causing it? Have I set something up wrong somewhere?
Cheers
Chris
Posted 2 years ago #
Ok so I have managed to fix this myself....
Basically its something called magic qutoes that need to be turned off in you hosts php settings. I couldnt get them turned off by my hosting company as I have a shared hosting package.
I tried editing my .htaccess file but that just resulted in server errors.
The solution is to create your own "php.ini" file. I just used a text editor to create a file called "php.ini". The file needs to contain the lines:
; magic quotes should not be used
magic_qutoes_gpc = Off
then the file needs to be uploaded into your wordpress directory inside wp-admin.
wordpress/wp-admin
Thats it, worked for me anyway! No more ''''''''''''
Chris
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