Editing .htaccess file

I need to disable magic quotes, I haven't really been able to follow what google has offered up. So Im hoping someone here can make it clearer for me to understand


this is what i have already tried
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# php_value max_execution_time 300000
# php_value max_input_time 120000
# php_value memory_limit 128M
# php_value post_max_size 1024M
# php_value upload_max_filesize 1024M
# php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 144000


php_value magic_quotes 0
php_flag magic_quotes off
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off




Options -Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
<Files .htaccess>
    deny from all
</Files>
<Files ~ "^(.*)\.(inc|inc\.php|tpl|log)$">
    deny from all
</Files>
<IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
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Thanks in advance