Well said, Jeremy. I'm putting your message in my "freelancing tips" notebook.
On Monday, August 6, 2012 11:30:37 AM UTC+8, Jeremy Burns wrote: > > That's hard with PHP. Instead, why not host it somewhere else? Get your > own domain name and cheap hosting package and put on a subdomain - > cheapclient.myhostingpackage.com - and tell him that he can test there. > If he likes it you'll move it to his server after testing, fixing and > payment. It could be the best $20 you ever spent and will save you a bunch > of hours trying to hide what is essentially open source code. Don't suggest > this to the client, just tell him that's what you are going to do. If he > baulks, stop working on the project immediately because your suspicions are > right. I put this into each and every one of my contracts up front. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 6 Aug 2012, at 03:03:38, Lightee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear CakePHP gurus, > > I have an upcoming project with a stingy customer who looks like the > not-willing-to-pay-up type. My cakePHP code will be deposited to his web > server for testing before payment. I want to obfuscate my code so that he > cannot steal it and then find all sorts of excuses not to pay me. > > May I know if there is a way to obfuscate my cakePHP code such that > someone who has access to the webserver and steals it will have trouble > reading it? > > Thank you. > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
