RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-07 Thread Paul DuBois
At 2:13 PM +0530 6/7/01, Adrian D'Costa wrote: >On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Ian Ford wrote: > >> Name your config file config.inc and if any of the below situations >> happen your password and username will not show up in plain text for the >> casual browser. >> (EXAMPLE: >> >> CONFIG.INC >>

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-07 Thread Adrian D'Costa
a plain text file. This I believe is because the webserver know that .php or .php3 should be treated as a php file and other in which ever way it can display. > > -Original Message- > From: Neil Zanella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:09 PM > To

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Neil Zanella
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Ian Ford wrote: > Name your config file config.inc and if any of the below situations > happen your password and username will not show up in plain text for the > casual browser. > (EXAMPLE: > > CONFIG.INC > $DBname = 'test'; > $DBuser

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Ian Ford
preference is in a includes folder... Thank you, Ian Ford Northwest Link Web Development -Original Message- From: Neil Zanella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:09 PM To: Don Read Cc: Ed Peddycoart; Mysql@Lists. Mysql. Com; Jorge Oliveira Subject: RE: Need help on

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:35 AM -0700 6/6/01, Kenneth Kopelson wrote: >Actually you are only exposed if you have not set up Apache to run >with virtual hosts. It is not difficult to configure Apache so that >a person can only see the scripts that are in his/her directory, and >is prevented from seeing or modifying t

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Neil Zanella
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Don Read wrote: > Better yet, put the file outside the $DOCUMENT_ROOT, in case your server is > poorly configured. > > include("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../config.php"); This is a very good idea. One day if the system administrator decides to back up all the user data and upgrade the

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Kenneth Kopelson
Actually you are only exposed if you have not set up Apache to run with virtual hosts. It is not difficult to configure Apache so that a person can only see the scripts that are in his/her directory, and is prevented from seeing or modifying the scripts in other peoples directories. Also, it

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-06 Thread Paul DuBois
liveira; Ed Peddycoart >Cc: Mysql@Lists. Mysql. Com >Subject: RE: Need help on mysql/php > > >At 10:37 PM +0100 6/5/01, Jorge Oliveira wrote: >>Hi again, >> >>You are right, your username and password will have to be on every PHP >>script that needs to use d

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Sommai Fongnamthip
ggie.com >wap: http://www.webfroggie.com > > > > > >-Mensagem original- >De: Ed Peddycoart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Enviada: Quarta-feira, 6 de Junho de 2001 0:29 >Para: Jorge Oliveira; Mysql@Lists. Mysql. Com >Assunto: RE: Need help on mysql/php > > &g

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Paul DuBois
At 7:42 PM -0500 6/5/01, Don Read wrote: >On 05-Jun-01 Ed Peddycoart wrote: >> Thanks...this helped...Just had success in connecting to the MySQL server >> and dumping the db contents to the screenOne worrisome bit though...My >> username and password for connecting to the db on my host is

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:37 PM +0100 6/5/01, Jorge Oliveira wrote: >Hi again, > >You are right, your username and password will have to be on every PHP >script that needs to use database. > >However, you don't have to be afraid because nobody can access the source of >your PHP scripts - unless they are a good hacker

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Don Read
On 05-Jun-01 Ed Peddycoart wrote: > Thanks...this helped...Just had success in connecting to the MySQL server > and dumping the db contents to the screenOne worrisome bit though...My > username and password for connecting to the db on my host is my username and > password for the web account.

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Jorge Oliveira
001 0:49 Para: Jorge Oliveira Assunto: RE: Need help on mysql/php I assume that you mean that they cannot access the scripts if the extension of the file is .php3, but if I mix PHP within an HTML file, then all security bets are off? Ed -Original Message- From: Jorge Oliveira [mailto:[EM

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Jorge Oliveira
e.com -Mensagem original- De: Ed Peddycoart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviada: Quarta-feira, 6 de Junho de 2001 0:29 Para: Jorge Oliveira; Mysql@Lists. Mysql. Com Assunto: RE: Need help on mysql/php Thanks...this helped...Just had success in connecting to the MySQL server and dumping the db contents t

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Ed Peddycoart
PM To: Mysql@Lists. Mysql. Com Subject: RE: Need help on mysql/php Hi, Please refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php Jorge Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> © webfroggie.com - Recursos Online

Re: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Olexandr Vynnychenko
Hello Ed, Tuesday, June 05, 2001, 11:30:36 PM, you wrote: EP> I recently move my website to FastWebServers.com. MySQL and PHP is EP> provided. I have a control panel which allows me to initialize MySQL for my EP> use. The initialization creates a db, named celticblues_com (my domain is EP> ce

Re: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread B. van Ouwerkerk
Great support.. Right.. take a look at www.devshed.com they've got a few nice tutorials.. if you plan to work a lot with MySQL you might want to buy the book called MySQL written by Paul DuBois or fill out the survey and hope you'll get one for free ;-).. Other interesting websites: www.phpbu

RE: Need help on mysql/php

2001-06-05 Thread Jorge Oliveira
Hi, Please refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php Jorge Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] © webfroggie.com - Recursos Online! web: http://www.webfroggie.com wap: http://www.webfroggie.com -Mensage