This is related to

PHP

 , but other languages such as

javascript

  have the same problem, the code is out there for anyone to see... Are you using zend encoder/other commercial software, some free obfuscating tool, custom stuff or just don't care about your long hours of work being out there in plain text?

Regarding

PHP

 , my code is blissfully locked up in my own servers and I do not have to share.

But my JS is pretty much out in the open... not that I relish the thought of people taking my work and running with it, but I, also, have stood on the shoulders of great men... 

An interpreted language is exactly that .... interpreted.

You can obfuscate it and it will stop 80% of those that want to see it, and to be brutally honest I wouldn't worry about the other 20% cos if they can reverse it they can probably already write their version of your code anyway.

Even Zend and others aint much of a problem thanks to

PHP

  itself being open source and the power of "sprintf"

If you want to take a peek at some obfuscation then head over to  http://reveal.in

it's

Perl

  rather than

PHP

  but the principles are the same. I use it for recruitment reasons!

SSHHHHhhhhhh!

No no no. Just obsfucate away, none of us can read it. Send me everything you've got so that I can test and make sure. 

/p

It is written that if it can be written it can be unwritten.

Cheers,
td

Oh yeah? Where is that written?

Jeez, in the book of unwritten laws of course! Come on people.........

Cheers,
td

[edit] Forgot to conjugate the verb "to go" [/edit]