diff --git a/include/application.php b/include/application.php
index ff66bca..bf6fa47 100644
--- a/include/application.php
+++ b/include/application.php
@@ -450,10 +450,7 @@ class Application {
         echo '<tr valign=top><td class="color0"><b>Application description</b></td>',"\n";
         echo '<td><p><textarea cols="80" rows="20" id="app_editor" name="appDescription">';
 
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-            echo stripslashes($this->sDescription).'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
-        else
-            echo $this->sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
+        echo $this->sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
 
         echo "</table>\n";
 
@@ -505,25 +502,13 @@ class Application {
         $aClean['appWebpage'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['appWebpage']);
         $aClean['appKeywords'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['appKeywords']);
 
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-        {
-            $this->iAppId = stripslashes($aClean['appId']);
-            $this->sName = stripslashes($aClean['appName']);
-            $this->sDescription = stripslashes($aClean['appDescription']);
-            $this->iCatId = stripslashes($aClean['appCatId']);
-            $this->iVendorId = stripslashes($aClean['appVendorId']);
-            $this->sWebpage = stripslashes($aClean['appWebpage']);
-            $this->sKeywords = stripslashes($aClean['appKeywords']);
-        } else
-        {
-            $this->iAppId = $aClean['appId'];
-            $this->sName = $aClean['appName'];
-            $this->sDescription = $aClean['appDescription'];
-            $this->iCatId = $aClean['appCatId'];
-            $this->iVendorId = $aClean['appVendorId'];
-            $this->sWebpage = $aClean['appWebpage'];
-            $this->sKeywords = $aClean['appKeywords'];
-        }
+        $this->iAppId = $aClean['appId'];
+        $this->sName = $aClean['appName'];
+        $this->sDescription = $aClean['appDescription'];
+        $this->iCatId = $aClean['appCatId'];
+        $this->iVendorId = $aClean['appVendorId'];
+        $this->sWebpage = $aClean['appWebpage'];
+        $this->sKeywords = $aClean['appKeywords'];
     }
 
     /* display this application */
diff --git a/include/distributions.php b/include/distributions.php
index cb4fdc7..4cd073a 100644
--- a/include/distributions.php
+++ b/include/distributions.php
@@ -367,17 +367,9 @@ class distribution{
         $aClean['sName'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['sName']);
         $aClean['sUrl'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['sUrl']);
 
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-        {
-            $this->iDistributionId = stripslashes($aClean['iDistributionId']);
-            $this->sName = stripslashes($aClean['sName']);
-            $this->sUrl = stripslashes($aClean['sUrl']);
-        } else
-        {
-            $this->iDistributionId = $aClean['iDistributionId'];
-            $this->sName = $aClean['sName'];
-            $this->sUrl = $aClean['sUrl'];
-        }
+        $this->iDistributionId = $aClean['iDistributionId'];
+        $this->sName = $aClean['sName'];
+        $this->sUrl = $aClean['sUrl'];
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/include/incl.php b/include/incl.php
index f4a7ebf..afa3639 100644
--- a/include/incl.php
+++ b/include/incl.php
@@ -13,6 +13,27 @@ require(BASE."include/menu.php");
 require(BASE."include/html.php");
 require(BASE."include/db.php");
 
+/* if magic quotes are enabled make sure the user disables them */
+/* otherwise they will see all kinds of odd effects that are difficult */
+/* to track down */
+if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
+{
+    echo "<b>Please disable the magic quotes GPC PHP setting. See <a href=\"http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.info.php#ini.magic-quotes-gpc\"> this page</a> for more information</b><br/><br/>";
+    echo "AppDB php code assumes magic quotes are disabled.<br/><br/>";
+    echo "Magic quotes are a bad idea for a few reasons.<br/><br/>";
+    echo "First is that php calls <b>addslashes()</b> on all \$_POST, \$_REQUEST and cookie variables ";
+    echo "if magic quotes is enabled. ";
+    echo "Ooooooh you say.<br/>";
+    echo "<i>\"Aren't magic quotes a convienent way to protect my php code from sql injection attacks?\"</i><br/><br/>";
+    echo "No!  <b>addslashes()</b> isn't adequate.  You should use <b>mysql_real_escape_string()</b> or some other function";
+    echo " that will handle multi-byte characters.  See <a href=\"http://shiflett.org/archive/184\">this article</a>";
+    echo " for a way to exploit <b>addslash()</b>ed parameters.<br/><br/>";
+    echo "A second reason is that with magic quotes enabled, due to the use of <b>mysql_real_escape_string()</b> to";
+    echo " protect from sql injection attacks we'll end up with variables that have been addslash()ed and";
+    echo " <b>mysql_real_escape_string()</b>ed.  So you end up having to call stripslashes() on EVERY variable. ";
+    exit;
+}
+
 // create arrays
 $sidebar_func_list = array();
 $help_list = array();
diff --git a/include/testResults.php b/include/testResults.php
index dc1bfd2..b782e3a 100644
--- a/include/testResults.php
+++ b/include/testResults.php
@@ -574,35 +574,18 @@ class testData{
         $aClean['sTestedRating'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['sTestedRating']);
         $aClean['sComments'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['sComments']);
 
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-        {
-            $this->iTestingId = stripslashes($aClean['iTestingId']);
-            $this->iVersionId = stripslashes($aClean['iVersionId']);
-            $this->sWhatWorks = stripslashes($aClean['sWhatWorks']);
-            $this->sWhatDoesnt = stripslashes($aClean['sWhatDoesnt']);
-            $this->sWhatNotTested = stripslashes($aClean['sWhatNotTested']);
-            $this->sTestedDate = stripslashes($aClean['sTestedDate']);
-            $this->iDistributionId = stripslashes($aClean['iDistributionId']);
-            $this->sTestedRelease = stripslashes($aClean['sTestedRelease']);
-            $this->sInstalls = stripslashes($aClean['sInstalls']);
-            $this->sRuns = stripslashes($aClean['sRuns']);
-            $this->sTestedRating = stripslashes($aClean['sTestedRating']);
-            $this->sComments = stripslashes($aClean['sComments']);
-        } else
-        {
-            $this->iTestingId = $aClean['iTestingId'];
-            $this->iVersionId = $aClean['iVersionId'];
-            $this->sWhatWorks = $aClean['sWhatWorks'];
-            $this->sWhatDoesnt = $aClean['sWhatDoesnt'];
-            $this->sWhatNotTested = $aClean['sWhatNotTested'];
-            $this->sTestedDate = $aClean['sTestedDate'];
-            $this->iDistributionId = $aClean['iDistributionId'];
-            $this->sTestedRelease = $aClean['sTestedRelease'];
-            $this->sInstalls = $aClean['sInstalls'];
-            $this->sRuns = $aClean['sRuns'];
-            $this->sTestedRating = $aClean['sTestedRating'];
-            $this->sComments = $aClean['sComments'];
-        }
+        $this->iTestingId = $aClean['iTestingId'];
+        $this->iVersionId = $aClean['iVersionId'];
+        $this->sWhatWorks = $aClean['sWhatWorks'];
+        $this->sWhatDoesnt = $aClean['sWhatDoesnt'];
+        $this->sWhatNotTested = $aClean['sWhatNotTested'];
+        $this->sTestedDate = $aClean['sTestedDate'];
+        $this->iDistributionId = $aClean['iDistributionId'];
+        $this->sTestedRelease = $aClean['sTestedRelease'];
+        $this->sInstalls = $aClean['sInstalls'];
+        $this->sRuns = $aClean['sRuns'];
+        $this->sTestedRating = $aClean['sTestedRating'];
+        $this->sComments = $aClean['sComments'];
     }
 
 
diff --git a/include/version.php b/include/version.php
index 30bf6bc..9a31a00 100644
--- a/include/version.php
+++ b/include/version.php
@@ -552,13 +552,7 @@ class Version {
         echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>Version description</b></td>',"\n";
         echo '<td><p><textarea cols="80" rows="20" id="version_editor" name="versionDescription">',"\n";
 
-        /* if magic quotes are enabled we need to strip them before we output the 'versionDescription' */
-        /* again.  Otherwise we will stack up magic quotes each time the user resubmits after having */
-        /* an error */
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-            echo stripslashes($this->sDescription).'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
-        else
-            echo $this->sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
+        echo $this->sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
 
         echo '</table>',"\n";
 
@@ -612,23 +606,12 @@ class Version {
         $aClean['maintainer_rating'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['maintainer_rating']);
         $aClean['maintainer_release'] = makeSafe($_REQUEST['maintainer_release']);
 
-        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-        {
-            $this->iAppId = stripslashes($aClean['appId']);
-            $this->iVersionId = stripslashes($aClean['versionId']);
-            $this->sName = stripslashes($aClean['versionName']);
-            $this->sDescription = stripslashes($aClean['versionDescription']);
-            $this->sTestedRating = stripslashes($aClean['maintainer_rating']);
-            $this->sTestedRelease = stripslashes($aClean['maintainer_release']);
-        } else
-        {
-            $this->iAppId = $aClean['appId'];
-            $this->iVersionId = $aClean['versionId'];
-            $this->sName = $aClean['versionName'];
-            $this->sDescription = $aClean['versionDescription'];
-            $this->sTestedRating = $aClean['maintainer_rating'];
-            $this->sTestedRelease = $aClean['maintainer_release'];
-        }
+        $this->iAppId = $aClean['appId'];
+        $this->iVersionId = $aClean['versionId'];
+        $this->sName = $aClean['versionName'];
+        $this->sDescription = $aClean['versionDescription'];
+        $this->sTestedRating = $aClean['maintainer_rating'];
+        $this->sTestedRelease = $aClean['maintainer_release'];
     }
 
     function display()