Re: "blackboxing" my global functions

That is a good idea. David Robley wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net