Is it possible to hide/encode/encrypt php source code and let others have the system?

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Newbie picture Newbie · Aug 13, 2013 · Viewed 125.1k times · Source

Is it possible to hide/encode/encrypt the php file/source code, and let others have the system installed and run on their machine?

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Rohit Chemburkar picture Rohit Chemburkar · Aug 13, 2013

Yes, you can definitely hide/encode/encrypt the php source code and 'others' can install it on their machine. You could use the below tools to achieve the same.

But these 'others' can also decode/decrypt the source code using other tools and services found online. So you cannot 100% protect your code, what you can do is, make it tougher for someone to reverse engineer your code.

Most of these tools above support Encoding and Obfuscating.

  • Encoding will hide your code by encrypting it.
  • Obfuscating will make your code difficult to understand.

You can choose to use both (Encoding and Obfuscating) or either one, depending on your needs.

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