At its heart, a PHP-proxy works by fetching web resources on behalf of the server and returning the content to the client.
In countries with heavy internet censorship (e.g., China's Great Firewall, Iran, or Russia), journalists and activists use self-hosted php-proxy instances to access blocked information. Because PHP is supported by almost every cheap shared hosting provider ($3/month), setting up a private proxy is easy. The footer assures the user that they are using a proxy, though it also serves as a potential fingerprint for censors. powered by php-proxy
: Modern PHP-Proxy is frequently used as a faster and more customizable alternative to Glype or the original PHProxy project , which was abandoned in 2007. At its heart, a PHP-proxy works by fetching
**Example Use Cases** -------------------- Many modern sites require JS; a PHP proxy