[Solved] Stuck at step 3 of the installation

[cut_andrews]

After meeting with all the requirement, I am stuck at the line with this error message. And when i delete the '' at the front and back of utf8, it gives yet another error of the same kind just a different line.

Error while inserting data in the database:
'SET NAMES \\\'utf8\\\''
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near \'\\\'utf8\\\'\' at line 1(Error: : 1064)

[affect]

Looks like some magic quotes issue, i.e. magic_quotes_gpc set to on, although I believe PrestaShop should handle it correctly.

[cut_andrews]

Thank you very much that was very helpful. Although magic_quotes_gpc was off, magic_quotes_runtime was on.