I think sometimes you also have to let go and trust the client. So what if they do it themselves? Have faith in yourself; it's not just the code they are buying, it's also your ability to create and deliver that counts.
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 7 Aug 2012, at 12:19:01, Steve Found <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/08/12 03:03, Lightee 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 > I would be tempted to go the usual javascript route and simply remove all > whitespace and comments from your code and replacing meaningful variable > names with meaningless ones. https://github.com/kcampion/PHP-Compactor.git is > a nice starting point and as an added bonus, the compacted script will > obviously load a little faster. > > There are some heavy weight systems around like Zend Encoder but if you > simply make it so that it will take the client just as long to untangle what > you have written as it would have done to write it themselves then I would > think they will be unlikely to steal it if the project is of a decent size. > > Steve. > > > -- > 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
