In article <20030913005411.2b5c2365.ianWINDOZEdigiserv.net >, Ian.H [dS]'s output was... > Say for example, your web tree is similar to: > > > /bob > /bob/htdocs > /bob/htdocs/index.php > > > etc. Store something like 'db_config.php' as: > > > /bob/db_config.php > > > This way, it's not web accessible, so matters not if the PHP parsing > falls over. Simply use a require() call to "import" the info: > > Or, if you have a webhost who don't give you any space which can't be seen by web users, create .htaccess and .htpasswd files to prevent people from seeing the 'db_config.php' ...
In article <20030913005411.2b5c2365.ianWINDOZEdigiserv.net >, Ian.H
[dS]'s output was...Or, if you have a webhost who don't give you any space which can't be> Say for example, your web tree is similar to:
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> /bob
> /bob/htdocs
> /bob/htdocs/index.php
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> etc. Store something like 'db_config.php' as:
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>
> /bob/db_config.php
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>
> This way, it's not web accessible, so matters not if the PHP parsing
> falls over. Simply use a require() call to "import" the info:
>
>
seen by web users, create .htaccess and .htpasswd files to prevent people
from seeing the 'db_config.php' file.
See [url]http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html[/url] for more info.
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