title: How to safeguard my mysql_connect password (My database server's password)?
body: <p>*This question is for NON-local host's.
  *I am using a web-host service. NOT my personal server.</p>
  
  <p>To use mysql_connect, to connect to a database's server, one needs to create a php file and save it in the web host's server. This file must have (within the code) the server's address a user name and PASSWORD:</p>
  
  <pre><code>**$conn = mysql_connect("server", "username", PASSWORD);**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Anyone who view's the page's code and downloads this php file can see the password, which is a security risk.</p>
  
  <p><strong>HOW CAN I SAFEGUARD MY DATABASE' SERVER' PASSWORD?</strong></p>