Re: PHP compiler

At 9:10 AM -0600 2/16/01, dmalcolm wrote: >Is there such a thing as a PHP compiler? Linux based? Windoze based? > >Thanks in advance. > Depends on what you mean by a compiler. If you mean a "package" that turns your PHP script into a 100% stand-alone binary executable then No, there isn't. If you mean a package that allows you to turn your text-based source into something that you can distribute and have people run, without giving out the source, then the Zend Encoder will fit the bill. Recall that it's the Zend Engine that (internally) does the compilation into an executable form in PHP 4, so to create a standalone binary, you would need the full PHP 4 and Zend Engine "binary" functionality in the final executable as well :) -- Jim Jagielski <jim@zend.com> CTO and PHP Evangelist, Zend Technologies - http://www.zend.com/ [V: +1 410-420-0140 | F: +1 410-803-2258 | M: +1 443-324-8390] Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/