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title: "Modify the copyright footer in PHP-Fusion"
description: "As PHP-Fusion is free open-source software release under the AGPL (Affero General Public License), it displays a copyright notice in the footer of every page by default. This can be modified to a..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/php-fusion/modify-the-copyright-footer-in-php-fusion/
date: 2013-03-21
modified: 2022-03-11
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["PHP-Fusion"]
type: post
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# Modify the copyright footer in PHP-Fusion
As PHP-Fusion is free open-source software release under the AGPL (Affero General Public License), it displays a copyright notice in the footer of every page by default. This can be modified to a certain extent, and in this article I’ll explain the process.
## Footers in PHP-Fusion
Below you can see the 3 different type of footers that are available in PHP-Fusion, this article is going to cover the copyright one at the absolute bottom of your pages. If you’d like, you can also read about [modifying the footer in PHP-Fusion](/support/edu/php-fusion/modifying-the-footer-in-php-fusion/) if you’re interested in changing the main footer, or [modify the sub-footer in PHP-Fusion](/support/edu/php-fusion/modifying-the-sub-footer-in-php-fusion/).
[](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_footer_php-fusion-different-footer-options.png)
## Changing the copyright footer
The copyright notice content is controlled by the **/includes/theme_functions_include.php** file, in my case the full path to this file is **/home/userna5/public_html/phpfusion/includes/theme_functions_include.php**. Using the steps below I’ll show you how you can modify what this footer displays.
1. If you don’t already know how to, read our guide on [how do I edit a file on my server?](/support/website/how-to-edit-a-file/)
2. Once you have the file opened, around line **203** you’d want to look for the following code: function showcopyright($class = “”, $nobreak = false) { $link_class = $class ? ” class=’$class’ ” : “”; $res = “Powered by PHP-Fusion copyright © 2002 – “.date(“Y”).” by Nick Jones.”; $res .= ($nobreak ? ” ” : “
n”); $res .= “Released as free software without warranties under GNU Affero GPL v3.n”; return $res; } Now technically when making modifications to the PHP-Fusion copyright notice, you’d want to adhere to the guidelines laid out under the [PHP-Fusion Free Licensing](https://www.php-fusion.co.uk/viewpage.php?page_id=6). In this case the text **“Powered by PHP-Fusion”** is optional, so I’m going to be removing that for this example. I ended up with this text: function showcopyright($class = “”, $nobreak = false) { $link_class = $class ? ” class=’$class’ ” : “”; **$res = “Copyright © PHP-Fusion 2002 – “.date(“Y”).” by Nick Jones.”;** $res .= ($nobreak ? ” ” : “
n”); $res .= “Released as free software without warranties under GNU Affero GPL v3.n”; return $res; } Here is the copyright footer before our edits: [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_footer_copyright-footer-before-edit.png) Here it is after: [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_php-fusion_footer_copyright-footer-after-edit.png)
You should now understand how to modify your copyright footer in PHP-Fusion.