PHP page encryption

aarce

I am using a Web hosting provider and developing an application that requieres that my PHP code cannot be read (even for the hosting provider people!). Does anyone know a way or software to encrypt PHP pages?
Thanks a lot in advance

Amado

128kb_com

What exactly do you mean by encrypt the page?

Encrypt the source so some one cannot view its content when opening the file?

Encrypt the output? What?...

If you want to encrypt the raw source files then when they run on the server they'll need to be something that mod_php can read. So you'll have to encrypt them, when you get a request decrypt them then pass to php to run. Not likely siomething that you'd want to do.... Not anything I've tried either.

I guess it would be possible manually crypt (or write a program that will) then write a C apache module that will decrypt these files upon request and send to mod_php to run. You'll need access to the server's httpd.conf file and create a new mime type and AddType declaration for your new module (I'm not sure if these options can be done from a .htaccess file). This would be very time consuming and put more strain on the server.

kragoth

May be you need Zend Encoder

aarce

Hi and thanks

I am talking about source code encryption, so the Web hosting people cannot see my source code. The reason is that the code will contain a procedure that must remain confidential for security purposes.
I hear about software like "Zend Encoder" and others that requiere no modification on the server´s configuration, but it appears to be too expensive!

Amado