With the growing number of “employers” trying to trick you out in all possible ways, a freelancer needs a tool to protect his/her work from being stolen. ioncube Encoder is one of the competable tools available on the commercial market to help you with this.
ioncube Encoder
What it is generally:
- A computer program which converts a file containing php code into an unreadable byte stream, versions available for Windows (with GUI) and Linux (command line, server-installable)
What it can do:
- encode php files without a possibility to convert them back
- obfuscate php code
- encode for special server environment (IP, domain, etc)
- being installed to server, generate licenses for your php applications on the fly to allow e-commerce
Who needs it:
- php developers to protect the code produced
- site owners to protect site engines from being stolen and installed on other sites
How much it costs:
- from around 200 to around 400 for a single installation, discounts available for different configurations
- considerably cheaper than other commercial encoders
- if you cannot afford it, you work is not worth of being encoded 😉
Alternatives:
- Zend encoder from Zend packages (comparison in one of the following posts in this series)
Product experience 5 oft of 5. ~ Excellent!
Shopping experience 4.5 out of 5. ~ Almost excellent!
Other questions you might ask:
- yes, it has considerably better compression and production benchmarks than other commercial and freeware encoders
- yes, encoding with ioncube is one-way only, and no sane decoding is possible
- yes, it has M$ Windows GUI and has no Linux GUI
- yes, it runs from Linux command line and may be involved from Linux command line in real time
- yes, you might limit scripts to running on dedicated MAC, IP or host name (special version required)
- yes, I will write more information, tutorials and howto-es on its features and usage in my blog, just stay tuned
- yes, please ask your questions, I will surely answer them if I know the answer
Php script before encoding
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Php script encoded with ioncube
