Hi everybody, I am a php developer newbie. I really want to master php in my road on becoming a serious developer. I came to know that the get_magic_quotes_gpc() function is deprecated in php 5.5 and removed. is there any function that could help in security? Pleas take a look at this function and give your views. is this code good? Any tips and advise will help function quote_smart($value, $handle) { // Stripslashes if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $value = stripslashes($value); } // Quote if not integer if (!is_numeric($value)) { $value = "'" . mysql_real_escape_string($value, $handle) . "'"; } return $value; } thanks.