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<p>When installing Joomla 3.1 you might run into the following problem during pre-installation check:</p>
<p><strong>Magic Quotes GPC = No</strong></p>
<p>With this setting you are unable to finish Joomla 3.1 installation.</p>
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<p>To bypass this here&#8217;s what you need to do:</p>
<p>Create a .txt file and name it php.ini (make sure to change .txt extension to .ini) with the following contents:</p>
<p><!--more--><strong>magic_quotes_gpc = Off</strong></p>
<p><strong>session.save_path = &#8220;/tmp&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Once you have this file, you should copy it to the following directories:</p>
<p><strong>public_html/</strong></p>
<p><strong>public_html/administrator</strong></p>
<p><strong>public_html/installation</strong></p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t have this php.ini file in your public_html/administrator foler you will be able to use Joomla 3.1, but you will be constantly notified about this setting during the logon and in the backend of Joomla.</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s it, simple as that.</p>
<p>If you still have issues, please post it below.</p>