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What he is trying to do is protect his code when he distributes it as a commercial application.
You can use Turck mmCache but it appears that it may be able to be decrypted:
I would suggest http://www.ioncube.com ($199) to protect your code if Zend is too expensive for you. They also have an online version which is A LOT CHEAPER. http://www.ioncube.com/online_encoder.php
It costs like $.50 per file.
You can use Turck mmCache but it appears that it may be able to be decrypted:
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Since version 2.3.10, Turck MMCache contains a PHP encoder and loader. You can encode PHP scripts using encoder.php in order to distribute them without sources. Encoded files can be run on any site which runs PHP with Turck MMCache 2.3.10 or above. The sources of encoded scripts can't be restored because they are stored in a compiled form and the encoded version doesn't contain the source. Of course, some internals of the scripts can be restored with different reverse engineering tools (disassemblers, debuggers, etc), but it is not trivial.
It costs like $.50 per file.
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OK - Turck mmCache is software which compiles php code to lessen the server load (by as much as 500 to 1000%) when the code is interpreted at run time. There is software such as that that cyberwisdom mentioned which can be used to encode php files so that the php code itself can be distributed. Note that when you put php files on the web, and someone loads a .php page, there is absolutely no way for them to determine or get the php code that was used to build the page.
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It is possible to compile PHP code into a standalone application. I've seen a media-database that was written in PHP, but all I had to to is run an EXE file.
I googled a bit and this is what I found:
--quote from website http://www.roadsend.com/home/index.p...ageID=compiler --
Compile Stand Alone Applications
PCC allows you to compile your PHP source into stand alone applications. No interpreter is required. Your source is compiled into an optimized machine executable program. The program is distributable with or without the source code and cannot be decompiled back into it's original PHP source. Distribution (or sale) of your compiled programs is royalty free.
I googled a bit and this is what I found:
--quote from website http://www.roadsend.com/home/index.p...ageID=compiler --
Compile Stand Alone Applications
PCC allows you to compile your PHP source into stand alone applications. No interpreter is required. Your source is compiled into an optimized machine executable program. The program is distributable with or without the source code and cannot be decompiled back into it's original PHP source. Distribution (or sale) of your compiled programs is royalty free.
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Originally Posted by Patrickske
It is possible to compile PHP code into a standalone application. I've seen a media-database that was written in PHP, but all I had to to is run an EXE file.
I googled a bit and this is what I found:
--quote from website http://www.roadsend.com/home/index.p...ageID=compiler --
Compile Stand Alone Applications
PCC allows you to compile your PHP source into stand alone applications. No interpreter is required. Your source is compiled into an optimized machine executable program. The program is distributable with or without the source code and cannot be decompiled back into it's original PHP source. Distribution (or sale) of your compiled programs is royalty free.
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Originally Posted by inscissor
Yes, I've heard of this, but it doesn't make sense to start an application from scratch using PHP. I guess if you already had plenty of code, APIs and what not that you wanted to reuse, you could utilize PHP. However, It doesn't make sense to me creating a server or a desktop application using a language that was designed for the web.
The only reason I can think of why someone would compile/build an executable is because PHP has huge support of databases and other stuff, as well as lots of cross-platform things. But again, you could use C(++) or Java, as well as other languages to build cross-platform things.
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Originally Posted by Patrickske
I agree that it doesn't make that much sence, but the question was if it was possible to compile PHP.
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Great reason to use PHP to develop a stand-alone exe:
You've got a bunch of php programmers, and you want to either speed up the execution of your scripts, or you just need to make an exe for some reason, and you know php, so why not use that and do it faster, rather than re-invent the wheel?
Also, php is a forgiving and easy language to develop with, especially due to the loose typing and memory management features, as well as the nearly seamless integration with raw PL output and data-layer elements. You can do more faster with less effort.
You've got a bunch of php programmers, and you want to either speed up the execution of your scripts, or you just need to make an exe for some reason, and you know php, so why not use that and do it faster, rather than re-invent the wheel?
Also, php is a forgiving and easy language to develop with, especially due to the loose typing and memory management features, as well as the nearly seamless integration with raw PL output and data-layer elements. You can do more faster with less effort.
In an extreme situation, where it was an emergency and I had plenty of PHP libraries in store, did not know another language as well, and performance was not an issue, then yes, I would use PHP. Otherwise I would go with C/VC++.
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I may answer why do I use PHP and why would I love to compile it... :p
I am analyzing lots of data from lots of anemometers all around the world. Basicaly, the data comes in, as TXT files, mostly daily in 10 minutes statistics. That means 144 files a day.
Most of the data structure are the same but of course different people has different ideas on achiving the data. But, for my analyz I need a database to keep them all in a standart format. That speeds up my analyz time. So, I need a tool, which is flexiable, to dump this data into the DB as I wish.
I had two options first time I started to do that, either a good C++ code which can be compiled and works fast, OR a scripting tool that can communicate with MySQL server easily. I was familier with PHP so I have used it. According to my tests my very first C++ code was dumping a file in 6 seconds. But, PHP was dumping in 13 seconds. What the hell all I miss is 7 seconds for each file.
PHP is easy to edit. I do not need to worry about memory allocation and I have good ready functions to edit strings. And when I show to PHP where is the MySQL server, it kills ...
And all I need is PHP and a little switch in php.ini.
So, if anyone can compile PHP on Win32 system FOR FREE, I am buying a round of beer. :cheesy:
I am analyzing lots of data from lots of anemometers all around the world. Basicaly, the data comes in, as TXT files, mostly daily in 10 minutes statistics. That means 144 files a day.
Most of the data structure are the same but of course different people has different ideas on achiving the data. But, for my analyz I need a database to keep them all in a standart format. That speeds up my analyz time. So, I need a tool, which is flexiable, to dump this data into the DB as I wish.
I had two options first time I started to do that, either a good C++ code which can be compiled and works fast, OR a scripting tool that can communicate with MySQL server easily. I was familier with PHP so I have used it. According to my tests my very first C++ code was dumping a file in 6 seconds. But, PHP was dumping in 13 seconds. What the hell all I miss is 7 seconds for each file.
PHP is easy to edit. I do not need to worry about memory allocation and I have good ready functions to edit strings. And when I show to PHP where is the MySQL server, it kills ...
And all I need is PHP and a little switch in php.ini.
So, if anyone can compile PHP on Win32 system FOR FREE, I am buying a round of beer. :cheesy:
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Originally Posted by TheTurk
I may answer why do I use PHP and why would I love to compile it... :p
I am analyzing lots of data from lots of anemometers all around the world. Basicaly, the data comes in, as TXT files, mostly daily in 10 minutes statistics. That means 144 files a day.
Most of the data structure are the same but of course different people has different ideas on achiving the data. But, for my analyz I need a database to keep them all in a standart format. That speeds up my analyz time. So, I need a tool, which is flexiable, to dump this data into the DB as I wish.
I had two options first time I started to do that, either a good C++ code which can be compiled and works fast, OR a scripting tool that can communicate with MySQL server easily. I was familier with PHP so I have used it. According to my tests my very first C++ code was dumping a file in 6 seconds. But, PHP was dumping in 13 seconds. What the hell all I miss is 7 seconds for each file.
PHP is easy to edit. I do not need to worry about memory allocation and I have good ready functions to edit strings. And when I show to PHP where is the MySQL server, it kills ...
And all I need is PHP and a little switch in php.ini.
So, if anyone can compile PHP on Win32 system FOR FREE, I am buying a round of beer. :cheesy:
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