Please disable the 'magic_quotes_gpc' setting in php.ini or with .htaccess.

Thanks for posting and giving us a chance to help you out.

We value you as a customer and so I really appreciate you letting us know when you're having a hard time with our software so we can have a chance to make it right for you.

I want you to know that I completely understand where you're coming from. I've struggled with web hosts on numerous occassions for both our own sites and client sites as well. It's incredibly frustrating and a huge waste of time on top of that.

I know some hosts are still behind the times on PHP 5.2. The PHP folks themselves have declared PHP4 dead (see http://www.php.net/#2007-07-13-1) and the PHP developer community has actually set a deadline of Feb 5th, 2008 for hosts and software developers to have moved to 5.2 (see http://www.gophp5.org/).

And as for the 'magic_quotes_gpc', even the PHP folks don't recommend using anymore and are removing it from the next version of php (see http://php.net/magic_quotes).

Anyways, I know at the end of the day all that really matters is your project gets up and running. So here's some tips for that:

- It sounds like your host doesn't let you tweak php settings with an .htaccess file. I recommend asking them if there is some other way of doing it. If you host is any good at all, they will have some way to do it.

- If they don't (don't have a way to disable a PHP feature that isn't recommended by the PHP people) that sounds like a total scam and they should certainly give you your money back. Still a waste of time, but at least that's something.

- If you decide to switch hosts we offer hosting (see "hosting" on the menu above), and also recommend serverbeach.com (dedicated hosting) and dreamhost.com (low cost shared hosting). All who support PHP 5.2+ (sometimes take an email to turn it on).

- Post here and keep us up to date with what's going on. We will back you up and make sure this gets going for you.

Try talking to your host first and let us know what they say, and if you need anything else post here or email me directly and I'll help you out asap.