Re: Hiding password in a class file (object-oriented programming)?

put <?php ?> tags around the file you include, and it will parse it as PHP => I'm doing this now. I have a bunch of files in a subdir of the published directory, that contain functions and definitions to do these things, and I include them at the beginning of each file. But, you do need <?php ?> tags around the includes. => Ben Quoting Thomas David Kehoe <kehoe@casafuturatech.com>: > How do I put my password into an external > file? > > I have dozens of webpages with the line > > mysql_connect (localhost, username, > password); > > What if I have to change my password? Rather > then change dozens of scripts, > I want to put this line into an external file > and call it with "include". > > The problem is security. If I make the file a > class, then the file > extension must be .inc. Anyone can type in the > URL and see the contents of > the file. > > I've tried these solutions, without success: > > Changing the permission to "everyone-execute" > and "owner-read" doesn't work, > apparently because a .inc file is read, not > executed. > > Using the .php file extension (instead of .inc) > executes the script when the > URL is accessed. The user sees nothing, if the > file contains no HTML. But > class only works with the .inc extension. Using > "include" without making a > class treats the file as HTML and it doesn't > execute. > -- > Thomas David Kehoe, author of > "THE EVOLUTION OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS" > How Our Brains Are Hardwired For Relationships > http://www.FriendshipCenter.com/TEIR/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >