PHP code doesn't really get compiled as you would compile a C++ program, for example. Rather the code is executed by your web server client when someone accesses the php page. I don't know the technical term for what it's called ... but you need a web server such as Apache (comes with most linux distributions otherwise www.apache.org) that can server your php scripts to clients connecting to it.

well but there is "zend encoder" to compile php page... but it's have a hight price... do you know a free solution? or a good obfuscator

thanks

www.php.net

Go to downloads... downlaod what you need... absolutely free and open source.

PHP is compiled at run time. The Zend Optimiser merely cleans up the code to make it compile faster... but it is always compiled at run time; ie, when a user accesses the webpage.

yeah as said before you dont need a compiler to say, for php. all you do is name it .php file and put it in your web directory and access it with a browser and the server with parse the code and show the output. but you will need php on your system and the module compiled into apache to do this so go to php.net as said and download it so you can install it to make it work good luck and have fun

A free alternative to Zend is Turck mmCache. According to their website:

Turck MMCache is a free open source PHP accelerator, optimizer, encoder and dynamic content cache for PHP. It increases performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. Also it uses some optimizations to speed up execution of PHP scripts. Turck MMCache typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times.

To be perfectly honest, Daniweb has always used mmCache

My question isn't how compile php from his tar.gz (download from www.php.net) but compile a my script in php so others people can't view my code in my .php page, also if open .php with a text editor

you dont have to worry about that cause the min your access a php script from a browser it will parse the information and all the person viewing the site could see is html. like if you go and look at a php page using any browser and then go view source code all you will see is the html output of the php program i hope this helps if not im not quite sure what you are looking for

You dont' understand my question...
I have create a software web in php and I commercialize it.. so I would protect my php file!!

I don't actually think this is possible.

And everyone, PHP is never compiled. It is a scripting language; therefore it is interpreted (at runtime). A web language like ASP.NET is fully compiled (at the page's first view or at design time into a managed dll file).