Re: "blackboxing" my global functions

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Theodore Jones wrote: > Hello, > > I act as my own full-service hosting and design company and I use PHP in > some of my site designs. > > I have spent considerable time on some of my functions and such which I > generally like to put into an include file which can be accessed by all > pages "globally" within the site. What I am wondering is, how can I > "black-box" this global function include file such that it is protected > from the site "owners" FTP'ing in and downloading/viewing, but is still > accessible through the HTTP interactions to pump out HTML to the > browser? > > In a sense I consider the PHP programming I have done my "investment" > and "property" and not a part of the design of the site sold to the > client, so I seek to protect my investment and keep them from just > running off with my code and hosting on a different server. > > If anyone has any ideas (perhaps I'm missing something obvious as a > solution), please advise. > > Thanks in Advance, > > ~ Theo Put your include files in a directory that is not under the web root, and that can't be accessed via ftp except by the good guys. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA