Posted by Puckdropper on 10/19/07 09:07

"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote in news:T4VRi.1631$CN4.215@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:

>
> "Puckdropper" <puckdropper@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:47181b9c$0$47112$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>> Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> wrote in
>> news:vasdh3toicgjb5cnlc391mlj28ft3i27b7@4ax.com:
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>>> cmk128@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Any free tool i can use to encrypt my php source code?
>>>
>>> Are you talking about something to shroud the variable names and
>>> remove spaces and comments? Why? What would be the point? Browsers
>>> can't fetch the code anyway, unless things are misconfigured.
>>
>> My theory is program on the web like they can see your source code.
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> Nobody can see your PHP code unless your server is mis-configured.
>

Sure, and what do you propose gets done if that's the case? I don't
control my server's configuration, nor would I want to. If I'm working
on securing and updating my server, I'll not have time to write code.
Best to let someone else do it and program like your code is public.

Relying on the idea that no one can see your code unless the server is
mis-configured is false laziness. (From the Larry Wall's 3 virtues of a
good programmer. I know, this isn't a Perl newsgroup.)

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