keeping connection details secure

[jonahpup]

Hi

I currently have a php file, that holds all my sql connection data, ie server, username, password etc, which I call into a file, when I need to connect to the database...

I noticed that if I type in the URL of the php file (ie: connect.php), It displays all my connection data.

Is there anyway I can stop this from happening??

[bradgrafelman]

Show us the content of the file, but normally you would do connection data like so:

<?php
define('MYSQL_USER', 'username');
define('MYSQL_PASS', 'password');
define('MYSQL_DB', 'dbname');
// etc.

so that all they would see is a blank page.