RE: [PHP] Re: How do you keep your scripts secure?

since PHP is executed before any otuput is shown to the browser, all you have to do is keep a server between your code and the other person. unless i am horribly mistaken, you can turn off options to allow people to view PHP source code via their browser. > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Lynch [mailto:richard@zend.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:02 PM > To: Murph; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Re: How do you keep your scripts secure? > > > > So, I've written all this nifty code and I'd like to do what I can from > > having it pilfered. > > > > What do you do to keep your stuff safe? > > You could buy the Zend Encoder: > > http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-encoder.php > > Either stand-alone or as part of the Developer Suite package deal. > > You run your scripts through that, and replace your source files with > Encoded files. They're essentially binary dumps of compiled PHP code. > About as comprehensible to a human as an .exe or .so file. > > You can mix-and-match your encoded/source files, so configuration files can > be left as editable by the end-user. > > There's a free trial that dumps out the Zend logo (this tromps on headers > and FRAME pages) and it also intentionally makes the encoded files about > half as fast as the real product, but you can still get a pretty good idea > of what the product does. > > There are also discounts for non-profits, educational, etc. > > You'll still want a clear licensing agreement with any clients/customers, of > course. > > -- > Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ > Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm > > > > -- > 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 >