on 12/6/03 3:48 pm, CPT John W. Holmes at holmes072000@charter.net wrote: > From a web server perspective, though, this is > "safer" because if the web server ever broke and started serving PHP pages > as plain text (been there, done that), then at least no one can get to your > include file through your web server. That is what I meant by more secure. Putting files below webroot prevents webusers from getting at them. -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd Email >> mikek@brightstorm.co.uk Web >> http://www.brightstorm.co.uk Tel >> 0117 9426653 (office) 07939 252144 (mobile) Snailmail >> Unit 8, 14 King Square, Bristol BS2 8JJ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php