Re: good practice

On 14 Feb 2002, at 16:26, J Smith wrote: > > Using "global" in the global scope (i.e. "global $Config;") does > nothing. If something is declared in the global scope of a file and > then included into another file, it's still global. You don't need to > actually say "global $whatever" unless you're in a function. Thanks. I've been coding and learning, coding and learning. > Also, if you're including a file named "CONFIG.inc" from the same > directory as the script itself, please, please tell me you have your > web server set up not to serve CONFIG.inc to the outside world. (i.e. > you have a .htaccess file or something to send DENY to a request for > CONFIG.inc or something.) Otherwise somebody could just grab > http://example.com/CONFIG.inc and see it's contents > without > restriction. Guilty as charged. Not that CONFIG.inc has anything of value in it but nonetheless I've just made it off limits. Peter http://www.readbrazil.com/ Answering Your Questions About Brazil