doomdude Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hey guys, Would it be possible to protect my code from people trying to steal it by hosting some files on my server, and some on their server? For example: Code on my server would have the php scripts. Code on their server would have <?php include('http://www.myserver.com/file.php ?> Would this work, or does the php script need to be on the same server? Just looking to how I could stop people from editing my copyrights out and re-distributing it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 That wouldn't work, it would only include the output of the script, not the actual script. So long as your server is configured correctly other people won't be able to get the source of your scripts that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomdude Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 I plan on distributing the files, just looking for a way to at least attempt to stop people re-branding it. Was thinking of some sort of licence system but not sure if that would work as people could just remove the code that checks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyph Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 There are a few ways you COULD do this, but I would suggest against it in every case. Keep in mind, if the server has to even get a verification from your site to execute code, you add a huge layer to EVERY request by a user. User requests a page from server -> server requests code/verification/etc from your site -> Your site parses and verifies information -> Your site sends data to server -> Server parses data/executes code -> Server sends markup to user. Now, if your site has a hiccup or a node drops or is unavailable for any reason, the server is now down. Your clients now rely on your server to have 100% uptime, and an extremely fast response time. You're just gonna have to trust that your code won't be pirated. Offer support as part of the selling package. Even huge projects like vBulletin get pirated, but still have a huge customer base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbraCadaver Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Obfuscation: ioncube, zend and several others. There might be some good free ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomdude Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Thanks for the replys guys. I could obfuscat the code but as far as I'm aware there are already a lot of ways to decrypt these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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