Hi, I am creating a web application which involves users registering details in a DB. Obviously this is a very common thing to do and there seem to be many different ways to solve this problem. 1. Is there a way to do this without needing to hard code DB login details into the source? 2. Is it better practice to create individual DB users for new members when they register and use DB authentication, or should the DB connections all be through a single user and use code to check a table containing user name and password hash? 3. Is there a way to create a connection pool in PHP? Thanks, Rob PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:php-objects-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:php-objects-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/