Store database password outside of public_html folder

Hi All,

I've been reading on the internet that is most secure to store your database details outside of the public accessible folder.

I am a bit stuck on how to do this.

I've got a folder "db_details" that contains the file "dbdetails" which contains the database login info. I normally include this file in any page requiring database connectivity e.g. include_once("db_details/dbdetails.php")

How can I now set this up so that the folder/files for the database are stored outside of the public_html folder ?

thanks



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