have a peek on PHP scripts

cody7

is there a way to see PHP scripts of sites?

When we use view source on different site we normally see its HTML, javascript codes and CSS codes, how about its PHP scripts, is there a way to see their server side scripts?

russellbcv

That is a great question!

I would also like to know if this is possible...

LordShryku

If they provide you php source files, then yeah. Otherwise no. If it was possible, I don't think many people would be using php because that would be a massive security hole.

justsomeone

PHP code is executed on the server. It doesn't get sent to your browser. The PHP code may produce HTML/javascript and other client-side code which is sent to your browser.

It is occasionally possible to see php code, but only on a poorly configured server.

Pssst! server admins and programmers! Does your system rely on include files containing PHP? Do these files have a suffix of ".php"? Or do they use suffixes like ".lib" or ".inc"?

If you use .lib / .inc / anything else for your include files, make sure that your web server is configured to treat those extensions as php sources. Otherwise, if someone requests the include file directly from their browser, the raw source will be displayed.