intellectual property

[simon1663]

Is there anyway one can protect their intellectual property with PHP code?

I mean if I am selling my PHP scripts - how do I protect my code from someone else using it or copying any ideas/functions?

For jsp, I can make servlets which are compiled java codes... No way of decompiling... But how about PHP. Is there any way that I can say compile my code or encrypt to hide from naked eyes or make it hard for decompiling???????

[dannys]

http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-encoder.php - costs quite a bit of cash.

http://www.ioncube.com/encoder/ - doesn't cost quite so much

Both require stuff on the server (i.e Zend Optimizer) which isn't installed by default - so you'll have to watch out for that.

[Bunkermaster]

there is ALWAYS a way to decompile something BUT if you want to protect your PHP code you might want to have a look here :

http://www.phpguardian.com
http://www.zend.com

[simon1663]

Thanks guys!