Error: Unable to open the database file

[Ray]

Thanks for your confirmation on this, Mike.  We'll continue with the PHP 
middleware plan.  It seems to be industry standard and it makes sense, 
especially from a security standpoint.

On 4/6/2016 10:15 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
> Actually, you CAN connect directly to to mysql server (its actually a
> server in its own right) if you set things up that way.  You have to change
> where connections are allowed from but honestly, you're still better off
> using middleware. This way you can place any files with sensitive data
> (passwords etc) outside the directly accessible area of your webserver, and
> have your middleware "include" the file. In this way, you make it harder
> for people to poke around and figure out parts of your setup, and obviates
> the need to have a hard coded or known password to your mysql database.
>
> Having an open port accessible from anywhere directly to your database
> server is usually a bad idea.
> The php middleware idea should work swimmingly.
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