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  2. MDL-70711

Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated

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      Trying to add a select with few disabled items to a form I went to read moodle documentation.
      I arrived in: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/lib/formslib.php_Form_Definition#select
      and I found the sentence: "It is also possible to create a select with certain options disabled, using this technique"

      Following the link I arrived to:
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2138089/how-can-i-use-quickform-to-add-disabled-select-options/2150275#2150275

      I did what was suggested and now I have a code starting with:
      $quickform = new HTML_QuickForm();

      Running it I get in the following error:

      Exception - Unknown error type: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in [dirroot]/lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php on line 269
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      Debug info:
      Error code: generalexceptionmessage
      Stack trace:
      line 158 of /lib/behat/lib.php: Exception thrown
       line 269 of /lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php: call to behat_error_handler()
       line 239 of /mod/surveypro/form/items/itembase_form.php: call to HTML_QuickForm->__construct()
       line 47 of /mod/surveypro/format/fieldset/form/itemsetup_form.php: call to mod_surveypro_itembaseform->definition()
       line 214 of /lib/formslib.php: call to mod_surveypro_fieldset_setupform->definition()
       line 112 of /mod/surveypro/layout_itemsetup.php: call to moodleform->__construct()
      

      (if you want to see my code you can get it in: https://github.com/kordan/moodle-mod_surveypro/blob/master/form/items/itembase_form.php#L239)

      I found in: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61054418/php-7-4-deprecated-get-magic-quotes-gpc-function-alternative
      that I should remove every mention of get_magic_quotes_gpc() but I think this is not something I can.

      In spite of this, I found that if I change from line 269 in lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php

      from

          if (1 == get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
              $this->_submitValues = ('get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST); // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
              foreach ($_FILES as $keyFirst => $valFirst) {
                  foreach ($valFirst as $keySecond => $valSecond) {
                      if ('name' == $keySecond) {
                          $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond; // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
                      } else {
                          $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond;
                      }
                  }
              }
          } else {
              $this->_submitValues = 'get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST;
              $this->_submitFiles  = $_FILES;
          }
      

      to

          // if (1 == get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
          //     $this->_submitValues = ('get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST); // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
          //     foreach ($_FILES as $keyFirst => $valFirst) {
          //         foreach ($valFirst as $keySecond => $valSecond) {
          //             if ('name' == $keySecond) {
          //                 $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond; // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
          //             } else {
          //                 $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond;
          //             }
          //         }
          //     }
          // } else {
              $this->_submitValues = 'get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST;
              $this->_submitFiles  = $_FILES;
          // }
      

      all works fine again.

      AFAIK get_magic_quotes_gpc() always return false so (1 == get_magic_quotes_gpc()) is never verified.

      Is this a bug?

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            daniss Daniele Cordella
            daniss Daniele Cordella
            Mihail Geshoski Mihail Geshoski
            Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
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              8/Mar/21

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