Hi Rob,
Thanks for the reply. magic_quotes_gpc is Off in every file I can find (see below). It is still on both locally and globally. Any other ideas?
To the forum administrator: this problem relates directly to this book, page 44, Sidebar "Magic Quotes". I'd like to go on from the this spot, but want to fix this problem before I do, as I think it may affect the mysql portion.
/etc/php.ini
; magic_quotes_gpc
; Default Value: Off
; Development Value: Off
; Production Value: Off
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.2.17/conf/php.ini
; Magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie data.
;ATS: Turned off. Item deprecated as of PHP version 5.3
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
tail /etc/.htaccess
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off