Re: iScouter PHP Web Portal System, MySQL Password in clear text

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:00:01PM +0200, Cabezon Aurélien - LEXSI wrote:
> You should rename "config.inc" in "config.inc.php" and don't forget to
> update the files linked with.

Any configuration file, for example database access, should be stored in a
different space than web html/php files, *outside* of the webserver's scope.
This has been discussed a lot of times here.

Think about the day your web server will stop parsing php files for some
reason.

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