# PHP file protection

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-file-protection/205096>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-file-protection/205096 "2006-10-26T04:32:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-file-protection/205096/1 "2006-10-26T04:32:30Z")

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Is there any way for some burgler to download your PHP file? For example, if I have my MySQL passwords in my PHP file, will someone be able to somehow get that password by looking into the PHP file?