{"id":5268,"date":"2019-05-06T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2019-05-06T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:30:12","slug":"how-do-i-protect-the-source-code-of-my-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-do-i-protect-the-source-code-of-my-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Protect The Source Code Of My Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is impossible to protect the source code of your website. Anyone can view the source code of your website by clicking on the option \u2018View Source Code\u2019 or by pressing \u2018Ctrl + U\u2019 in the web browser. However, it is possible to protect the functions and programming code of your website by encrypting the PHP files. You can make use of \u2018Zend\u2019 and \u2018loncube\u2019 for encrypting the PHP files. 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