encrypt php source code

[cmk128]

Hi
I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss
thanks
from Peter (cm****@hotmail.com)

[Evil Otto]

On Jun 8, 2:43 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi
I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss
thanks
from Peter ([e-mail])

Let me make sure I understand..

Your customer runs a web server, and he's paying you a monthly fee for
some code that you've written?

While what you're suggesting might be technically possible (although I
don't know how you'd go about doing it) it's impractical in the
extreme. Your customer owns and (I'm assuming) controls that web
server. For the PHP module to read and interpret the code, it must be
able to read the files on the web server, and therefore the files must
be readable. Your customer can read any file on that server.

What exactly is he paying you for? A monthly access fee to your
code? That isn't going to work.

Most PHP coders I know charge an hourly rate up front. Any
maintenance is billed hourly as well.

If you're looking to generate code that does what you're looking to
do, I suggest C or another compiled language, not an interpreted one
like Java or PHP or Perl.

[Edward Z. Yang]

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cm****@hotmail.com wrote:

I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss

There are ways to encrypt PHP code. I do not recommend them: they all
cost money and can be circumvented.

In this case, I would recommend getting your own server to host the PHP
application and have your client use that server (using DNS forwarding,
etc). This gives you full control over your code and prevents the client
from ever seeing it.

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[robinvw1]

On 8 jun, 20:43, cm****@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi
I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss
thanks
from Peter (cm****@hotmail.com)

[Paul]

This can be done, but the code can be decompiled and debugged. Your
client needs to put some module on their webserver to be able to run
the compiled code. This is not always possible.

The free one is bcompiler. You can find those non free by typing "php
compiler" into a search engine.

On a personal note, as other posters noted you can not build a
reliable (i.e. mutually beneficial) business out of this business
model.

--
ZZEE PHP GUI - Easily run PHP scripts in GUI mode in Windows
http://www.zzee.com/php-gui/
[e-mail] wrote:

Hi
I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss
thanks
from Peter (cm****@hotmail.com)

[Schraalhans Keukenmeester]

At Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:37:16 -0700, Paul let h(is|er) monkeys type:

>
On a personal note, as other posters noted you can not build a
reliable (i.e. mutually beneficial) business out of this business
model.

--
ZZEE PHP GUI - Easily run PHP scripts in GUI mode in Windows

So, you are the spammer trying to sell this utterly useless piece of
zzoftware? I wonder who wrote the code parser and pseudowebserver for it.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's violating one or more licenses held by others.

Selling such a non-product, your own business model seems flaky at best,
Paul...

>
[e-mail] wrote:

>Hi
I need to put my php source to customer's server and i don't want
it to view the code because i am getting his monthly fee. How can i
encrypt it? Any free tool? I am a newbiesssss thanks from Peter
(cm****@hotmail.com)

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[Remove the lowercase part of Spamtrap to send me a message]

"strcmp('apples','oranges') < 0"

[Paul]

>

So, you are the spammer trying to sell this utterly useless piece of
zzoftware?

Calling names is what even a 5-yr old can do. I dare you write a piece
of "zzoftware" of the this complexity.
I wonder who wrote the code parser and pseudowebserver for it.

I wrote the webserver part from scratch. Yes, it doesn't use TCP/IP,
that's why you call it "pseudo"? But this was a deliberate design, so
the program doesn't interfere with any networking and for security
reasons. I also wrote a full featured webserver several years back if
you are interested. And there is no parser - it comes with PHP intact
as compiled by the PHP Group.

Wouldn't surprise me if it's violating one or more licenses held by others.

Nope, I didn't use any of Apache's or others code, as for the browser
it is the official policy of MS to allow reusing of the browsing core
like that, go see MSDN.

Selling such a non-product, your own business model seems flaky at best,
Paul...

I wrote this product because there are important things inherently
missing in WAMP (simply because it is the product suited for web in
the first place not for desktop). ZPG brings PHP to the Windows
desktop.

I bet you would call MS Word a non-product as well, as there is the
free Star Office there ;)

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

On Jun 10, 8:50 pm, Paul <[e-mail]:
<snip>

I wrote this product because there are important things inherently
missing in WAMP (simply because it is the product suited for web in
the first place not for desktop). ZPG brings PHP to the Windows
desktop.

I'm just wondering, how it's different from PHP4App / PHP4Delphi

--
<?php echo 'Just another PHP saint'; ?>
Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com Blog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.com/

[Schraalhans Keukenmeester]

At Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:50:52 -0700, Paul let h(is|er) monkeys type:

>>
So, you are the spammer trying to sell this utterly useless piece of
zzoftware?

Calling names is what even a 5-yr old can do. I dare you write a piece
of "zzoftware" of the this complexity.

Calling names? I just put the applicable sticker on your shirt, since you
were, yes, spamming this ng.

I don't accept your dare, I go for truth this time. I don't spend my time
writing stuff I see no need for, and arguing over who wrote the more
complex piece of software in a ng is even more senseless than comparing
our willies.

>
I wonder who wrote the code parser and pseudowebserver for it.

I wrote the webserver part from scratch. Yes, it doesn't use TCP/IP,
that's why you call it "pseudo"? But this was a deliberate design, so
the program doesn't interfere with any networking and for security
reasons.
I also wrote a full featured webserver several years back if
you are interested. And there is no parser - it comes with PHP intact as
compiled by the PHP Group.

Kudos to you for writing your own webserver. I haven't achieved anything
similar, unless you call the typical one-liner-mini-webservers in Perl or
Ruby we probably all tried and had fun with an achievement. The main
reason being: Apache. Why would I want to reinvent the wheel?

>Wouldn't surprise me if it's violating one or more licenses held by
others.

Nope, I didn't use any of Apache's or others code, as for the browser it
is the official policy of MS to allow reusing of the browsing core like
that, go see MSDN.

I believe you. Comment withdrawn.

>Selling such a non-product, your own business model seems flaky at
best, Paul...

I wrote this product because there are important things inherently
missing in WAMP (simply because it is the product suited for web in the
first place not for desktop). ZPG brings PHP to the Windows desktop.

As I said elsewhere, your app is much more like WAMP -for the web- than
it is a standalone GUI. I still fail to see the added value. But then I am
not the typical Winclicker who hasn't got a clue about writing custom
scripts. Not unlike -I suspect- the majority of PHP coders in this ng.

I bet you would call MS Word a non-product as well, as there is the free
Star Office there ;)

See my sig. I would and do call MS Word a product, and I'll spare you my
top-5 adjectives I usually combine it's name with in a sentence. Same goes
for the OS it requires, in case you wonder. It's a product.

Regards,

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[Krustov]

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<Schraalhans Keukenmeester>
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So, you are the spammer trying to sell this utterly useless piece of
zzoftware?

Calling names is what even a 5-yr old can do. I dare you write a piece
of "zzoftware" of the this complexity.

Calling names? I just put the applicable sticker on your shirt, since you
were, yes, spamming this ng.

Last week you said you didnt like the way i name variables in my code .

Are you under the impression this newsgroup revolves around your own
personal likes and dislikes ? .

Do you think users should stop and think before they make a post to this
newsgroup to consider if it will be acceptable to yourself ? .

[Paul]

I'm just wondering, how it's different from PHP4App / PHP4Delphi

Sorry, don't know what PHP4App is and didn't use Delphi since the
1990s.

[Paul]

As I said elsewhere, your app is much more like WAMP -for the web- than
it is a standalone GUI. I still fail to see the added value. But then I am
not the typical Winclicker who hasn't got a clue about writing custom
scripts. Not unlike -I suspect- the majority of PHP coders in this ng.

For you and for others who say there is a free WAMP, I compiled a
comparison between the two. All in all these are different programs:

http://www.zzee.com/php-gui/#vsWamp

And of course ZPG is for those who *can* write a custom script. Those
who can't perhaps have no idea what PHP is.

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

On Jun 10, 11:48 pm, Paul <[e-mail]:

I'm just wondering, how it's different from PHP4App / PHP4Delphi

Sorry, don't know what PHP4App is and didn't use Delphi since the
1990s.

I'm yet to try yours, but it all seems me an CGI version and hence
php4app seems to serve similar purpose.

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<?php echo 'Just another PHP saint'; ?>
Email: rrjanbiah-at-Y!com Blog: http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.com/

[Paul]

I'm yet to try yours, but it all seems me an CGI version and hence

php4app seems to serve similar purpose.

Yes, it is a webserver with CGI and a webbrowser. But everything is
preconfigured and works right away with no additional configuration /
settings tweaking.

I'll take a look at this php4app. Do you mind giving a link? I'll try
to search for it.