For include files I see both the file extensions .php and .inc used.
Which one is proper? Does it matter? What's the diff?
Thanks for your help.
Which one is proper? Does it matter? What's the diff?
Thanks for your help.
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Re: Proper include file extension?
In article <3F6F2D9A.4F578 235@noDirectEma il.com>,
"Bruce W...1" <bruce@noDirect Email.com> wrote:
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> For include files I see both the file extensions .php and .inc used.
> Which one is proper? Does it matter? What's the diff?[/color]
It doesn't matter, and neither one is really proper; you could include
..xyz files if you like.
However, you should be aware that there's a potential security issue in
using .inc (or anything other than .php, for that matter). If your
webserver is not setup to parse .inc files as PHP, and someone requests
the .inc file from your server, it's quite likely they'll receive just
what they ask for. Including any passwords or other juicy bits in the
..inc file.
I typically place variables into a file named config.php, and
require_once() that file, for this reason.
hth
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Re: Proper include file extension?
Bruce W...1 <bruce@nodirect email.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> For include files I see both the file extensions .php and .inc used.
> Which one is proper? Does it matter? What's the diff?[/color]
actually there is no differnce... the only thing is that it just
makes it easier to recognise which files are used to be executed
stand alone.. and which ones are used to be included and then exec.
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