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

Putting in php tags does not necessarily mean that it will be parsed as php. If you are using Apache web server, the file type ( php htm etc) needs to be identified as a php file. This is done in the httpd.conf configuration file. Just putting php tags in a htm file usually does not work by default. Getting back to the original question, the include file does have to have an .inc extension. I am pretty sure that this is a convention but is not mandatory. end your include file with a php extension cheers Dave Ben Bleything wrote: > 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 > > > >