Can't use plugins in subdirectories when magic_quotes_gpc is on.

[nightgunner5]

On localhost (I have a Windows computer), I cannot activate the BBXF Import/Export? plugins. The Akismet and Bozo plugins both allow activation, but the BBXF plugins give the following error message:

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I'm thinking this has something to do with Windows' way of using backslashes instead of normal slashes.

I almost have a setup ready where I can debug this.

OK, tested and it works for me on Windows 2000 Server using IIS.

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Windows XP SP3
Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.9
magic_quotes_gpc On
magic_quotes_runtime Off
magic_quotes_sybase Off

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WordPress forces all slashes to be forward, but bbPress does not.

Needs testing, but this will probably fix a lot of Windows-based problems

There's no telling what that patch might do elsewhere...

The problem is with magic_quotes_gpc it is evil, turn it off.

I'll try to work around this problem somehow anyway.

(In [2077]) Stripslashes on plugin location because magic_quotes_gpc is evil. Fixes #1019

Milestone 1.0-beta deleted

I have a localhost on a Windows computer as well and encountered this problem; I did not have any of the magic_quotes options enabled in PHP.

Nightgunner's patch worked for me on my localbox.