[bruceleung2000]

Hello,
I know there are many good things about PHP programming, but how can I deploy the scripts to a production server in encrypted form so that the source programs (.php under /var/www/html, for example) cannot be read on the server (I know the end-user cannot view the source with a browser not like html).

Regards,
BL

[Skeleton Man]

Originally Posted by bruceleung2000

Hello,
I know there are many good things about PHP programming, but how can I deploy the scripts to a production server in encrypted form so that the source programs (.php under /var/www/html, for example) cannot be read on the server (I know the end-user cannot view the source with a browser not like html).

Regards,
BL

Try a simple google search for "php encoder" and you'll get dozens of different sites/utilities for this purpose (some free, others not).

[digioz]

There are many different PHP Encoders out there. Here is one I have tried and recommend to others:

http://www.phpcodelock.com/

[nd2]

^ the above seems nice i just tryed the demo, zend & ice (something forgot the full name) actualy encode your php code in to byte code so they can actualy speed up your code by a decent amount the one above simple encripts the code which will add a bit of overhead it also does some kind of compression to get a smaller file size.