* disable *&$^*#@ runtime ^@#*&$@ magical ^*!@@!! quoting

pear/PEAR/Config.php

@@ -399,12 +399,9 @@ class PEAR_Config extends PEAR
         if (!$fp) {
             return $this->raiseError("PEAR_Config::readConfigFile fopen('$file','r') failed");
         }
-        $old_ini = ini_get("magic_quotes_runtime");
-        ini_set("magic_quotes_runtime", false);
         $size = filesize($file);
         $contents = fread($fp, $size);
         fclose($fp);
-        ini_set("magic_quotes_runtime", $old_ini);
         $version = '0.1';
         if (preg_match('/^#PEAR_Config\s+(\S+)\s+/si', $contents, $matches)) {
             $version = $matches[1];

pear/scripts/pear.in

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set_time_limit(0);
 ob_implicit_flush(true);
 ini_set('track_errors', true);
 ini_set('html_errors', false);
+ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', false);
 
 require_once 'PEAR.php';
 require_once 'PEAR/Config.php';