Re: Re: Protect PHP coding

Hello, On 08/03/2002 10:44 PM, Justin French wrote:

The people for Zend have to eat to live.

And don't we all? That is the main problem. If we need to pay USD $3,000 to be able to compile our PHP programs, doesn't that make not viable for most of us to sell our PHP programs as closed source?

How much money do you make a week writing PHP scripts? Just remember, Zend gave you PHP, for free, to use in almost any commercial way you wish.

I don't live from writing PHP scripts, that is the problem. I give away many PHP scripts often in the form of ready to use PHP Classes, but besides from that I have plenty of sophisticated code that I am not interested to give away in Open Source because I would be disclosing the know-how that is embedded in it. That is regardless whether I wanted to give or sell the code. I also know many people that would like to protect their PHP code so their ISPs could not peek on it.

My clients cant afford Zend, but when the right client comes along, it'll be my recommendation without hesitation.

That is your problem. Most people I know are like your clients, they can't afford the greedy prices of Zend. I often recommend using APC in MMAP mode that automatically stores compiled files in disk, so you can protect their source code for free. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos