https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8315&p=54868#p54868
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mort
Mon 02 Jan, 2012 23:02

Re: Magic Quotes And Add/strip Slashes To Be Deprecated
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Oh Dear,

The problem is that in the past some of those people who had/have installed IP to the root of the public folder.

Then used cPanel or the likes to add "hot-linking, re-directs" etc, and the whole script in the .htaccess file has collapsed into one continuous line.

Doesn't work all that well when it's just one BIG - -  LONG string of commands. :P

And no-one said it CAN'T work in the root of the public folder - it just needs to be adjusted in the manner that you two have gone on and on about.