since PHP is executed before any otuput is shown to the browser,
all you have to do is keep a server between your code and
the other person.

unless i am horribly mistaken, you can turn off options to
allow people to view PHP source code via their browser.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:02 PM
> To: Murph; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] Re: How do you keep your scripts secure?
> 
> 
> > So, I've written all this nifty code and I'd like to do what I can from
> > having it pilfered.
> >
> > What do you do to keep your stuff safe?
> 
> You could buy the Zend Encoder:
> 
> http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-encoder.php
> 
> Either stand-alone or as part of the Developer Suite package deal.
> 
> You run your scripts through that, and replace your source files with
> Encoded files.  They're essentially binary dumps of compiled PHP code.
> About as comprehensible to a human as an .exe or .so file.
> 
> You can mix-and-match your encoded/source files, so configuration files can
> be left as editable by the end-user.
> 
> There's a free trial that dumps out the Zend logo (this tromps on headers
> and FRAME pages) and it also intentionally makes the encoded files about
> half as fast as the real product, but you can still get a pretty good idea
> of what the product does.
> 
> There are also discounts for non-profits, educational, etc.
> 
> You'll still want a clear licensing agreement with any clients/customers, of
> course.
> 
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