Also, if the program is that good and revolutionary someone will just
rewrite it. Granted, a compiled program would take longer to clone
then an open source program. But it can still be done...
In fact that's how I got started in programming... Cloning other
peoples apps to figure out how they did it and if I could make it do
it to :) But I did it just for me. Didn't sell my programs.
On Feb 21, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Matty Sarro wrote:
You can attempt to protect your code with Zend guard or a couple other
utilities. I believe theres also some php obfuscation utilities out
there -
consult google. Ultimately though, even with compiled code you will
never
stop someone who wants to see your code, decompilers are
commonplace. As
mentioned in a previous response, a clear cut contract is your best
bet here
(especially since things like zend guard require additional
software, which
will in turn decrease performance).
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Andrés Robinet <agrobinet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
wrote:
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From: Richard Lynch [mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxx]
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To: Allan Fernandes
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Subject: Re: All Survey leading to PHP
On Thu, February 21, 2008 6:29 am, Allan Fernandes wrote:
1) Is there any method to protect source code of my applications
even
when
deployed at the clients Server.
Have a good, clear contract and relationship with the client.
You can also attempt to "encode" them with any number of PHP
encoders,
all of which have been and can be cracked by a determined user.
2) Can I call Delphi Dll's
You may be able to use COM objects.
http://php.net/com
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I assume you will be deploying your applications on a windows server,
right?
Otherwise, COM is NOT an option (probably .Net is ???).
Just curious, why would you want to call a Delphi DLL (which is no
different
than any DLL)?
Just curious (x2) has anybody tried Delphi 4 PHP
(http://www.codegear.com/products/delphi/php)?
As a Delphi fan... if you are moving to PHP development, I'd say you
forget all
you know about Delphi (or .Net for that matter) except the very
generic
programming and OOP concepts.
If you plan to target Linux... forget about DLLs. However, if you
will
always
use your own server for deployment, you could try *migrating* your
existing
codebase as a set of modules and cgi programs (I don't know, it
depends on
what
you are trying to do). Check out Freepascal (http://www.freepascal.org/
).
Anyway, if you are deploying PHP web applications for *all* OSs,
you'd
better
off forgetting about Delphi and get good tutorials/courses/books on
PHP.
And if
you want a Delphi-like IDE... be prepared for deception, only
Delphi4PHP
gets
somewhere close to that (and I don't know how high are the runtime
requirements
to run PHP-VCL applications). There are very good PHP IDEs, such as
Zend
Studio,
PHPDesigner, and NuSphere, etc... but forget about clicking and
dragging
components on a form if that's your choice.
Regards,
Rob
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