PHP programming forum. Ask questions or help people concerning PHP code. Don't understand a function? Need help implementing a class? Don't understand a class? Here is where to ask. Remember to do your homework!
How does PHP know how to read an encrypted file? Is there a component loaded on the server which tells php how to read the encrypted file?
I have taken over a job from a developer who was fired and all the web files are encrypted. I could create the site from scratch but if there was a way to recover the files that would be great.
There has to be some way (through server admin or something) that I can recover these files right?
You'll have to find the counterpart to whatever the files were encrypted with. Unfortunately we cannot link to them because they can be considered illegal in certain jurisdictions.
I'd ask a lawyer whether the company has rights on the code and whether the former employee has to turn over existing sources.
It might be (keep in mind: I'm not a lawyer ...and from germany ) legal to decrypt the scripts if the former developer refuses to comply.