How to use a file outside the root directory

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I have a text file sec_pwds.txt. In this file I have stored the username and passwords of my site members. Now, I want to put this file outside the root directory for security purpose.
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If I put this file outside the root directory, How can I use the passwords and usernames from this file in my site using PHP.

Posted 5-Oct-11 19:10pm

rashidfarooq

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-10-05T19:20:00

Solution 1

Even though keeping usernames and passwords in some inaccessible files seems to be a good idea, there is no need to keep any passwords in non-encrypted form anywhere. Nobody needs passwords (and nobody should ever see it, developer is administrator — nobody). It you think about it just a bit, you will understand that the original passwords never needed for authentication.

Store only encrypted passworda and encrypt posted password using the same algorithm and compare encrypted with encrypted.

—SA

Posted 5-Oct-11 19:20pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Uday P.Singh 6-Oct-11 1:38am

Agree my 5!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Oct-11 1:52am

Thank you, Uday.
--SA

rashidfarooq 6-Oct-11 1:56am

Thanks for Answering.
But My real problem is not to storing passwords. I know that passwords must be encrypted before storing. My real problem is if I put a file outside the root directory, how can I access it and how can I use it in my site.

Uday P.Singh · Answer 2 · 2011-10-05T19:37:00

Solution 2

As suggested by SA "Store only encrypted password and encrypt posted password using the same algorithm and compare encrypted with encrypted." You can use MCrypt for encryption.

Refer This[^] for its implementation.
I would prefer to store the password in database rather than storing it in a text file.

hope it helps :)

Posted 5-Oct-11 19:37pm

Uday P.Singh

Updated 5-Oct-11 19:38pm

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rashidfarooq 6-Oct-11 1:55am

Thanks for Answering.
But My real problem is not to storing passwords. I know that passwords must be encrypted before storing. My real problem is if I put a file outside the root directory, how can I access it and how can I use it in my site.

Uday P.Singh 6-Oct-11 2:12am

Does your file exists at server?

rashidfarooq 6-Oct-11 2:15am

I have not uploaded yet.