Making a page read-only

[zonkd]

Is there a simple php way to make a webpage read-only, please?

[Anonymusius]

This question makes no sense. Pages are read-only. You are probably not formulating this correctly. Post again and explain what you want PHP to do. We'll help you on your way to do it.

[zonkd]

This question makes no sense.

Really glad the slogan is about the friendliest forum.
I need to make a webpage read-only. It is a php webpage, and I'd like to code it to be read-only. Cheers

[MitkOK]

chmod ?

[zonkd]

Thanks v much, MitkOK, but where and how does that go in the page, please? I've looked at it on the php site, but don't follow how it is supposed to go.
I mean, say the page is 'content/display.php', do you have to state chmod is for that particular page, or is the meaning just assumed for whatever page it is used on, please?

[stymiee]

What do you mean by read only? You don't want people to copy the text? Or save the page?

[zonkd]

Stymie
The tutorial I am trying to follow through says to make the page read-only. I had assumed it was so that it couldn't be hacked - that any changes made couldn't be saved.
I can't really think of any other reason for doing it.

[MitkOK]

Hi.

If you're uploading files with ftp client, there must be an option to change permissions.

More info about chmod -> link

- Mitko Kostov

[Puckdropper]

"Read only" is a file access issue, not a PHP issue. If your web server is set up correctly, only authorized users should be able to change your page anyway, so read-only will only keep you from doing so.

Most service providers have a way to set permissions on files. A common issue with Perl scripts, for example, is improper permissions, so service providers have to let you change them. (PHP usually doesn't have this problem.)