Is there really a php compiler?

[derfelix]

i stumbled into a php file the other day.. it was not readable...
actually it was a binary.. i was told it was compiled php...
is there actually a php compiler???????

[damicatz]

I think so...

I remember discussion about it back on the vBulletin Community Forums a while back.

[Mark Hensler]

I think that I read something about that a while ago in reference to PHP GTK. But I can't find it now..

[Freddie Bingham]

http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend%2Dencoder.php

Only $2400 :greedy:

[Mark Hensler]

Good golly, what happened to Open Source? :rolleyes:

[derfelix]

well i assume there is also a zend decompiler ;)