Topic: Protect php source code

[o3d]

finally! i might have some good news for some here. i created a whole project to encrypt/decrypt php files. i currently use it on my production rig.

some minor knowledge of php extension compiling is necessary so i would suggest getting the book "Extending And Embedding PHP".

http://www.phphideit.org

[corbin]

Hrmmm interesting.  I plan on checking it out later.

[o3d]

Check out v2. It now includes a date expiry feature where you can specify a date (optional). When the encrypted script gets executed after this date the php extension will return with an expiry error. Php programmers will now have more control over their software. If you're not sure if a customer will pay, then give them e.g. a 1 month trial.

I would appreciate any criticism and suggestions regarding this project.

[corbin]

Ooo nifty.  I'll check it out later tonight.

[peterjc]

I am interested about the PHP hideit.  I am using windows actually.  can php hideit work on windows? I download the version 2 and use the hide.exe and may be encrypt successfully.  But i think to run the file correctly, we need the php extension(.dll) right? How to compile the php extenstion?


By the way. anyone here know how to compile php file into binary instead of encode or encrypt it?

Thank

[o3d]

I am interested about the PHP hideit.  I am using windows actually.  can php hideit work on windows? I download the version 2 and use the hide.exe and may be encrypt successfully.  But i think to run the file correctly, we need the php extension(.dll) right? How to compile the php extenstion?


By the way. anyone here know how to compile php file into binary instead of encode or encrypt it?

Thank

check this link http://forums.opensuse.org/programming-scripting/394951-compile-php-script-how.html as well as this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP.

It basically says that you can use zend's closed-source solution Zend optimizer (http://www.zend.com/products/guard/optimizer/) to compile your scripts so that some performance gains can be achieved. I however doubt that you will notice any performance enhancement over a few hundred nano seconds. But this might be a solution to your question. Wrt your question about the windows version, you'll need microsoft visual c or studio to build your extension. There are quite a few microsoft tutorials on the web. Let me know if you get it compiled so I can put it on the php hide it site 

[jcostello]

if its not open source, its not trustworthy.

I hope you realize the irony here.

[WatsonN]

I know this is an OLD topic but br0ken how exactly did you construct a self-destruct sequence in your code?
That sounds interesting.