RE: [PHP] how to hide dbconnect file if its in published directory?

From: Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:54:00 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] how to hide dbconnect file if its in published directory?
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try putting an .htaccess file into that directory. or (as someone else already suggested) tell apache to disallow access to *.inc files (or to the entire directory) > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Spitzer-Williams [mailto:noahsw@cyberdude.com] > Subject: [PHP] how to hide dbconnect file if its in published directory? > > Hey guys, > > I come for advice once again. Say i have a file dbconnect.inc which > connects to my database. Now if this file is located in a directory > accessible for to the web is there anyway that if someone types in that file > i can detect it being accessed, instead of included, and redirect them > elsewhere? > > Thanks guys! > > - Noah

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