Re: [PHP] Secure Connection

2002-10-29 Thread Jonathan Sharp
Jonathan Sharp wrote: > This really has little to do with php. Use SSL for the connection > (search on your favorite search engine). > > If you're asking about storage methods of the sensative information, > www.php.net/crypt will answer that question. Correction: try www.php.net/mcrypt -js >

Re: [PHP] Secure Connection

2002-10-29 Thread Jonathan Sharp
This really has little to do with php. Use SSL for the connection (search on your favorite search engine). If you're asking about storage methods of the sensative information, www.php.net/crypt will answer that question. -js Pushpinder Singh Garcha wrote: > Hi, > > I am making a secure page wh

Re: [PHP] Secure connection with MySQL database

2002-08-18 Thread @ Edwin
True. But I think you missed the point of the original question--there's no "non-web directory"... - E > >To take it to another level, place the PHP file you >are including in a non-web directory. That way, just >in case the web server mucks up, there's no chance of >PHP outputting the contents

Re: [PHP] Secure connection with MySQL database

2002-08-18 Thread Edwin @
Well, I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but... if you name the file with a .php extension (instead of .txt or .inc) then your password is "protected". For example, you have a password declared like this: $my_db_username = 'MyUserName'; $my_db_password = 'MyPassWord'; And it'