Hide Database Login Information in PHP Code

Question

im a total beginner in web programming. Im trying to create a simple website that is reading data from a SQL Database. At first i just wrote my database password and login direc

Answer 1

You normally put this in a configuration file and you access the configuration values via PHP.

Usually a project is organized such that your application code and your configuration code is outside your webroot and only your public resources (index.php, images, scripts or other resources) are available via direct access.