On Aug 4, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Don Don wrote:
Hi All,
I've been reading on the internet that is most secure to store your
database details outside of the public accessible folder.
I am a bit stuck on how to do this.
I've got a folder "db_details" that contains the file "dbdetails"
which contains the database login info. I normally include this
file in any page requiring database connectivity e.g.
include_once("db_details/dbdetails.php")
How can I now set this up so that the folder/files for the database
are stored outside of the public_html folder ?
Hi Don,
Basically you move it 1 level above the root of your website. So if
your website root is: /www/public_html you would put it here: /www/
db_details and then set your include path with:
<?PHP
ini_set("include_path","/path/to/www/db_details:/path/to/other/include/
folders");
?>
and just do that at the top of each page that needs to reference any
of your included files and you'll be all set. Personally I use a file
called defaults.php that has alot of that type of stuff in it.
References to where I keep things, system wide variables things like
that.
Works out quite well and no one has told me I'm doing it wrong yet :)
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Jason Pruim
Raoset Inc.
Technology Manager
MQC Specialist
11287 James St
Holland, MI 49424
www.raoset.com
japruim@xxxxxxxxxx
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