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Re: php and mysql connect problems
Posted by: Jonathan Stephens
Date: April 30, 2005 10:21AM

> PS - be wary of setting your database credentials (username, password etc.) in your script, as this
> can leave them exposed to 'bad guys'.

Absolutely agree with this -- you should always keep these values in a separate include file which is (ideally) in a directory that's not accessible from the Web.

Jon Stephens
MySQL Documentation Team @ Oracle

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