Is it possible to convert PHP to binary mode (compile) and run it in all standard web servers?
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1What's a "standard web server" ?OcuS– OcuS2010-01-24 19:04:25 +00:00Commented Jan 24, 2010 at 19:04
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Would this be to (1) try and obfuscate your code to keep it secret, or (2) or to run it on webservers without PHP? I'm guessing (1)John Carter– John Carter2010-01-24 19:04:31 +00:00Commented Jan 24, 2010 at 19:04
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Assume that it should run on a typical shared hosting plane where you don't have root access, and have to use Apache or IIS.Rich Bradshaw– Rich Bradshaw2010-01-24 19:05:07 +00:00Commented Jan 24, 2010 at 19:05
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1And what exactly is "binary mode (compile)"? byte code or machine code?Michael Borgwardt– Michael Borgwardt2010-01-24 19:07:17 +00:00Commented Jan 24, 2010 at 19:07
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Ah, now I get it. You want to compile your PHP code. I thought you want to compile PHP itself (i.e. the PHP interpreter).Gumbo– Gumbo2010-01-24 19:07:24 +00:00Commented Jan 24, 2010 at 19:07
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There are various PHP accelerators that cache the compiled byte code the interpreter produces. Not sure if they will run without the source still on the server though - I've never tried!
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One Facebook developer is working on a compiled form called "Hyper-PHP", and it's not even clear if that will be an open system once complete, but no solution exists yet.
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PHP Will never be a compiled Language. It will stay as an Interpreted Language. @Matchu Facebook is just Promoting their site, so this is just an Promotion action of Facebook
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Huh? Of course Facebook is going to brag about it. Are you saying that they aren't working on the ability to compile PHP scripts?
There is a number of tools that will convert your php source to bytecode and allow you to protect your source code. Some of the more popular ones are Zend Guard by Zend and Ion Cube encoder. You will still need their respective loaders installed on the target server for them to function.
