.. if 'ones' .php scripts are stored inside the web tree is there a way that someone would be able to view / download the sourcecode of these scripts without FTP access? i.e. is it possible to see the php source contained within the file www.foo.com/index.php before it is parsed to produce the HTML?

If so, how is it done and is there a way, apart from placing the .php scripts outside the web tree, to stop this.

Basically am trying to re-sell a product I've written using php and just had a feeling that I may be horribly exposed to someone copying the source code that I've spent a fair while developing...

Many thanks - and I realise this may be a fairly basic question!!

Theres no way anyone can get your php source...

The processing of the php is done server side so visitors can only read the html with is produced from the php from the server

--James

The only way the php source code can be seen is if somebody has FTP or shell access to the server where the scripts reside.

The only thing a normal web surfer can and will see is the outputted html code.

Ha! James, your too fast

excellent - thanks guys. One less thing to worry about!