my .php files give a download prompt for entire file.

Hello, I was running a site with php. Now, when I click on a link to access the php page, I get a download prompt. This is very dangerous as some of my php files contain mysql information to connect to a database.

Can anyone help? Is there an answer to this? When I download the php file, It is a full file, and unprocessed by the server.

Help please!!!

Set up your server to process the PHP pages with the php engine, the server doesn't recognise them now so it won't process them

stinger: are you running your own server? Or is this a hosted account somewhere?

If it's the latter, remove access to ALL your .php files until the administrator has fixed this problem. Like you said, it's a security risk. Then as soon as your hosting account expires, find another host!

I am hosting with ipowerweb.com. Up until now, I have recieved excellent service and bandwidth. I have multiple sites hosted with them and they are currently experiencing a error with their server that is hosting this site.

I sure am glad that I frequent all my sites on a daily basis!! I have changed folder permissions for now, so that nobody can access the php files. Unfortunately the entire site was running with php, mysql, and folder scans. so now, theres just a about page and home page. Oh well, thats the nature of the beast . . . . . I guess.

Well, hopefully they can get it soon, but I would still switch hosting companies as soon as you can. Any company that allows a mistake this big to happen is not worth hosting with.