Re: "blackboxing" my global functions

But they will need to know the filename, which you can hide. yeah yeah I know; security through obscurity isn't security... Mike On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 11:18:31PM -0400, Michael Stearne wrote: > Ah, hacker. :-) > > > > Lawrence.Sheed@dfait-maeci.gc.ca wrote: > > > It won't work though. > > > > If the files are accessible by Apache (and php by because apache runs it) > > then they can just do a file open, read into a string and print. > > > > eg: > > > > $filename = "your_secret_file_here.php"; > > > > $fd = fopen( $filename, "r" ); > > $contents = fread( $fd, filesize( $filename ) ); > > fclose( $fd ); > > print ($contents); > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Stearne [mailto:mstearne@entermix.com] > > Sent: October 23, 2000 11:13 AM > > To: David Robley > > Cc: Theodore Jones; PHP General List > > Subject: Re: [PHP] "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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- Mike Erickson <mee@quidquam> http://www.quidquam.com/ "Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated" - George Bernard Shaw