A solution that I use is to put important information in an include file, and store it in a User-Authentication protected folder, ie. /admin/
This adds one extra layer of protection to your files, and keeps the average joe-surfer from being able to get the files. Peter At 08:24 PM 9/19/2002 +0000, Stephan Seidt wrote: >Then be sure that nobody is able to read it. >Should be no problem ;) >There is no possibility to read php source, >the webserver will always count it as php file >and the file will be parsed by php. > >Sure its possible to get the file over ftp, ssh, imap, etc, >but this is the problem with all the secret-file stuff. > >bye, >blizz > >On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:15:06 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Witt) >wrote: > > > Stephan Seidt schrieb: > > > > > On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:50:16 +0200 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Witt) wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there any way to read php source code? I didn't think so until I > > > > heard about people you have done that... > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Oliver > > > > > > > > > > If you mean php's source, download it ;) > > > > Well, but if I write a script with MySQl, there has to be my user name > > and password in the source code. If anybody could read it, anybody could > > have access to my databases! > > Oliver > > > > > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fourth Realm Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fourthrealm.com Tel: 519-739-1652 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
