Some years back, I use to do something similar to this on top of my script:
ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase', 0);
ini_set('url_rewriter.tags', '');
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', 0);
function clean_input ($arr)
{
if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
$arr = array_map('addslashes', $arr);
return $arr;
}
$_GET = clean_input($_GET);
$_POST = clean_input($_POST);
$_COOKIE = clean_input($_COOKIE);
$_REQUEST = clean_input($_REQUEST);
Are this still relevant today at least in PHP 5.2?
Moreover, what is the minimum basic sanitation stuff we need in today?