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Independent Connection Information

For many programmers, the idea of storing connection information (such as username and password) directly in the script itself is a little unnerving and rightfully so. Even though, with the correct privileges assigned to the actual file housing the php script, there would be little concern for the scripts themselves from being seen. As a best practice, it is wise to create a separate PHP script file that would contain variables that would contain the connection information and could be used in the PHP script that is actually connecting to the MySQL server. A typical file containing this connection information would look something like the example below: <?php // MySQL Server Connection Information $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = 'training'; ?> In this example, the file would be saved as "connect_info.php" and stored in the same folder as our php script (most likely the htdocs folder of the apache server). Using t