Yes, but if you're on a shared server, other users of the user will likely be able to read your PHP files & get the password.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tyler Longren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 23:10 PM > To: Sailom > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Password in script > > > It's fine. There's no other way to do it really. Somebody would have > to be able to see the source to the php file before they could see the > password for mysql. They won't get it just by viewing the webpage > that's already been parsed by php. > > -- > Tyler Longren > Captain Jack Communications > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.captainjack.com > > > > On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:03:02 +0700 > "Sailom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am new to PHP and MySQL and never have experience in this area. I > > am writing a PHP script that connects to MySQL server. I have to put > > a password of MySQL into the PHP script. I think it may not be > > secured. What do you think? How can I make it more secure? Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
