Re: Password in connection string

i usually have connection settings within a file outside the web dir and include it that way so its lookes something like <? $pass = "pass"; $user = "user"; $database = "database"; $host = "localhost"; ?> what would be good is to even transfer the pass via md5 is there any possibilties ? maybe this is a mysql specific question > I'm using PEAR and a MySQL database. My connection string contains > <user>:<password> and works fine. But I don't like having passwords in > clear text. Is there any way for me to not have to code the password > but instead let MySQL find it in a my.cnf file? > > I've tried with <user>=mysql, which is the owner of mysqld, and I've > put the password in the [client] section of mysql's home directory. > What's happening is that by omitting the password in the connection > string, the connection is attempted with "using password=NO". This is > unlike the behavior of other clients for mysql. > > Is there any way to do this? > > BTW, I've found one "solution" to be: put the setting of the > connection string, which is a $_SESSION variable, in a file that's not > in the document root, then REQUIRE that file. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php