Hi DevDel,
Far as I know, PHP is not really compiled, as you would C or C++.
What most programmers who are concerned about protecting intellectual property do, is actually encode/encrypt the source code of their applications, before deploying them.
Arguably the most popular of such 'encoders' is
Zend Guard, formerly referred to as Zend Encoder. You can find more info here:
http://www.zend.com/products/zend_guardAnother one is
Ioncube Encoder:
http://www.ioncube.com/However, it may be possible to do some sort of 'compilation' of PHP using Visual C++. Of course I am not at all sure about this, but you can read about it yourself here:
http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2006/11/15/how-to-compile-php52-and-php-gtk2-on-windows-using-visual-c-express/3/Hope that helps.
MatrixDo you mean a standard matrix/table, for instance, that displays the contents of some fields in a mysql table?