Output of Encryption…?

<? eval(gzinflate(str_rot13(base64_decode('LargeStringGoesHere')))); ?>

I’m using a wordpress theme, and would like to modify the way dates are displayed on the posts.

However, it has a encyption hash type thing like above (the string is much larger!) – So that people cannot read the source code etc.

When PHP and Apache serve the page, this must be generated into some PHP before processing the PHP and then finally providing a html output.

Is there any way to get php to provide me with this PHP code, before it is run, so I can tweak the way in which the date appears within this particular wordpress theme. (This cannot be achieved via the options within the admin panel)

There must be a tool within the PHP to do this – is there a stand-alone version that will output the result as a text file?

Thank you for any help you can provide.