Hi Reading a few of the answers which I missed (mail filters!) before I wrote the last email I thought I might add a little depth.
If you are on a shared hosting machine then the answer fundamentally is no. The machine admin has absolute control over the machine and can see anything you put on there. Php also has a number of security settings and the default (which most shared hosters will use because it is easy) makes your code accessible to anybody else with access to the machine, though they need to know enough about php and Linux file systems to find their way around. So it comes down to how much security matters. You can make your code difficult to read or even have different bits on different servers. In the end anybody determined enough will be able to access it, but, unless it is very valuable or sensitive data, they probably won't bother :) You could get your own server - in the UK prices start at £75 (about US$100) per month, or you could host your own if you have a connection. These are both genuinely secure options. HTH Peter ----------------------------------------------- Excellence in internet and open source software ----------------------------------------------- Sunmaia www.sunmaia.net tel. 0121-242-1473 ----------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Smita Manohar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 August 2002 18:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] how to hide source code?? hii im using php script with mysql. i want to hide the script from the admin or from the person who has privileges to access all the data. bcos i use ftp to upload the files. and i don't want anyone should be able to view the source. is it possible to do so? thnx and regds, smita. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
