Question

Quick question that I can’t seem to find anywhere; at least not a clear cut answer. I have an SQLite file that I upload to my webhost but if I navigate to it in a URL it can be downloaded. How do I prevent this? Also, I tried to encrypt the password field with md5 function but it wouldnt allow me to add an entry with it enabled. Should I use SQLite3? Any thoughts? Thanks, I don’t really like databases…

Answer 1

if I navigate to it in a URL it can be downloaded. How do I prevent this?

You can place it above the document root. For example, if you have a directory called public_html or htdocs, from which all of your site’s files are hosted, you can simply put the database file at the same level as those directories instead of inside.

I tried to encrypt the password field with md5 function but it wouldnt allow me to add an entry with it enabled.

MD5 is a hash, not encryption. This means it goes one way, not two ways.

Can you explain what you mean when you say “wouldn’t allow me to add an entry”?

Should I use SQLite3?

If you have it available, you should. There has been talk of deprecating the old 2.x-based SQLite functionality.