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<p>The magic_quotes_runtime directive is turned off during system initialization so that you don't have to remove slashes when
retrieving data from your database.</p>
-<h1><br />Best Practices</h1>
+<h1>Best Practices</h1>
<p>Before accepting any data into your application, whether it be POST data from a form submission, COOKIE data, URI data,
XML-RPC data, or even data from the SERVER array, you are encouraged to practice this three step approach:</p>