Best practice regarding MySQL username/pw in script file??

So I'm a relative noob with PHP/MySQL. Here's my question -- seems
pretty questionable from a security standpoint to have the MySQL
connection usernames/pw's embeded in PHP scripts all over a site. Is
there a better practice? Would something like this in every page be
better:

include ("../passwordprotected/SinglefilewithPHPlogininfo.php"); ?>
Database login info is still sitting in that file in clear text, but
seems better than multiple clear-text copies all over a site. Are
there better methods?

Thanks,

Chuck

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