Re: include, chmod, password files

You could either rename the file with a .php extension or you can have it so the server treats .inc files like php files. "David Hill" <david@wmol.com> wrote in message news:20010808135302.54006932.david@wmol.com... > Hello > > If I have a file called db.inc with, for example, this: > > <?php > // db.inc > $user = "david"; > $pass = "password"; > > ?> > > I have a my index.php do a include('db.inc'); > ok, that works. > > However, any user on the system can read db.inc cause its chmod'd 0644. > If I chmod db.inc 0600 or even 0640, index.php can not include it. > > How do I go about protecting my files from being read by users on the system? > > Thanks > - David