Re: Re: PHP compiler?

wow this sounds all interested i always thought an encoder was to "protect" the open source code , killa > Hello, > > On 05/19/2003 10:07 PM, Ilkka Huotari wrote: >> Just an idea and a question. >> >> Will there be a PHP compiler available sometime in the future? I'm >> talking about a compiler, which could be used to make plain text >> script source into a binary format, and which php interpreter could >> interpret. The script parsing phase would be thus left out in the >> execution time. >> >> I think that software like Zend encoder and Ioncube encoder do this >> already. >> >> Actually as I think of it, it's a bit surprising that there is not a >> such compiler already in PHP distribution? > > Given that Zend Encoder is one of the sources of income of Zend and > Zend people are leaders of the PHP Group, that should not be so hard to > understand. ;-) > > >> How about PHP5, is it going to have this? When will it be out? > > What you are looking for is Turck extension. It was originally a cache > extension but now is also a PHP bytecode optimizer and encoder and > loader all in the same extension. It already supports encoding PHP 5 > code. Notice that this is a real encoder much like Zend Encoder, not a > source code encrypting tool. > > http://www.turcksoft.com/en/e_mmc.htm > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP > http://www.phpclasses.org/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php