2009/8/14 Ben Dunlap <bdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 2009/8/14 João Cândido de Souza Neto <joao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I think a good solution is to put the ini file out of your html folder so > > only your scripts can read it. > > I agree, and I try to do the same, but I've noticed that most > open-source CMSes I've looked at (Drupal, Joomla, Textpattern, CMS > Made Simple) have always stored database credentials inside of > DocumentRoot, by default. > > Not sure if this is a compromise to allow ease-of-use by > less-technical users, or if my insistence on putting this sort of file > outside of DocumentRoot is just paranoia (and not the good kind). > > I'd definitely be interested to hear how others on the list approach > this problem. > > And that's only one part of the equation, if you're on a > shared-hosting platform. Are you, or do you have your own server? > > Ben > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > A workaround to this is to simple let the browser get the ini as a php file. What? are you insane? no. it is really easy. 1) Name your ini files .php so, database.ini will be database.php 2) Put in the top of your script this line ;<?php exit;?> So, when the file is opened as an ini file the semilcolon indicates that it's a comment. But, when the browser call for this file... php just exit's in the first line. Our data will be safe as long as the first line will remains there. -- Martin Scotta
