[RESOLVED] Hiding Code so no one can steal it.

zrocker

Can you use this function to achive hiding code.

require("www.MyWebSite.com/WhereTheCodeIs.php");

If this is possible can i pull up the whole page including HTML using that?

ty for your help

I would use this only when I am to put my code on someone elses server.

bradgrafelman

You can do that, but you're only require/include'ing the output of that PHP script, not the PHP code itself.

What code are you trying to "hide" ? If you're trying to hide HTML/JavaScript/CSS/etc., then you can't - you have to send this code plainly to the browser so that it can render the page. If you're trying to hide your PHP code, this is irrelevant - users can't see your PHP code since PHP is a server-side language and is thus executed before the page is even sent to the user's browser.

bradgrafelman

You can do that, but you're only require/include'ing the output of that PHP script, not the PHP code itself.

What code are you trying to "hide" ?

zrocker

I am trying to hide the PHP code from it being stolen from the owners of the server or people that can access pages hosted on another server.... I really just need to hide the PHP code... but was wondering if i could also just call up complete HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc... but you answered that for me...

bradgrafelman

If you want to hide the PHP code itself, you could consider some code obfuscation techniques.

Commercial solutions include Zend Guard that allow you to encrypt your script.

zrocker

ty for your answer... So are you saying that the require function is not sufficient enough, for hiding php code?

I will check out the links you provided... thank you...

bradgrafelman

I'm saying that using require doesn't allow you to execute any PHP code at all. Any PHP code you have in that script is going to be executed on the remote server and the only thing sent back to the server with that require() statement is the output (if any).

So any database calls or functions dealing with the file system, for example, would be made on the remote server. In other words, you shouldn't even bother using require() just use readfile() or something that takes whatever is sent and outputs it to the user.

zrocker

ok thank you... 🙂