Re: All Survey leading to PHP

Also, if the program is that good and revolutionary someone will just rewrite it. Granted, a compiled program would take longer to clone then an open source program. But it can still be done... In fact that's how I got started in programming... Cloning other peoples apps to figure out how they did it and if I could make it do it to :) But I did it just for me. Didn't sell my programs. On Feb 21, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Matty Sarro wrote:

You can attempt to protect your code with Zend guard or a couple other utilities. I believe theres also some php obfuscation utilities out there - consult google. Ultimately though, even with compiled code you will never stop someone who wants to see your code, decompilers are commonplace. As mentioned in a previous response, a clear cut contract is your best bet here (especially since things like zend guard require additional software, which will in turn decrease performance). On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Andrés Robinet <agrobinet@bestplace.biz wrote:

-----Original Message----- From: Richard Lynch [mailto:ceo@l-i-e.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:36 AM To: Allan Fernandes Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] All Survey leading to PHP On Thu, February 21, 2008 6:29 am, Allan Fernandes wrote:

1) Is there any method to protect source code of my applications even when deployed at the clients Server.

Have a good, clear contract and relationship with the client. You can also attempt to "encode" them with any number of PHP encoders, all of which have been and can be cracked by a determined user.

2) Can I call Delphi Dll's

You may be able to use COM objects. http://php.net/com -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? --

I assume you will be deploying your applications on a windows server, right? Otherwise, COM is NOT an option (probably .Net is ???). Just curious, why would you want to call a Delphi DLL (which is no different than any DLL)? Just curious (x2) has anybody tried Delphi 4 PHP (http://www.codegear.com/products/delphi/php)? As a Delphi fan... if you are moving to PHP development, I'd say you forget all you know about Delphi (or .Net for that matter) except the very generic programming and OOP concepts. If you plan to target Linux... forget about DLLs. However, if you will always use your own server for deployment, you could try *migrating* your existing codebase as a set of modules and cgi programs (I don't know, it depends on what you are trying to do). Check out Freepascal (http://www.freepascal.org/). Anyway, if you are deploying PHP web applications for *all* OSs, you'd better off forgetting about Delphi and get good tutorials/courses/books on PHP. And if you want a Delphi-like IDE... be prepared for deception, only Delphi4PHP gets somewhere close to that (and I don't know how high are the runtime requirements to run PHP-VCL applications). There are very good PHP IDEs, such as Zend Studio, PHPDesigner, and NuSphere, etc... but forget about clicking and dragging components on a form if that's your choice. Regards, Rob Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION 5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 | Email: info@bestplace.net | MSN Chat: best@bestplace.net | SKYPE: bestplace | Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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