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Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 00:39:51 +0300
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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] encode php scripts with opcache compatibility
From: narf@devilix.net (Andrey Andreev)

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>
> On 21 May 2014, at 21:12, Nicolai Scheer <nicolai.scheer@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>
>> I always thought the opcodes where kind of cryptic, at least a bit... I'=
m
>> not longing for "true" protection. It's enough if the scripts can not be
>> read and modified in an easy way.
>
> I don=E2=80=99t believe there=E2=80=99s any way to do that.

There's Zend Guard, ionCube and I also recall a third similar product
(that probably no longer exists), but AFAIK none of them works with
PHP 5.5 and OpCache is most likely the blocker for them.

If OpCache and/or some syntax sugar isn't really a requirement though,
I remember some years ago I had to use a Zend Guard version that was
built for PHP 5.2 in a 5.3 environment ... using syntax compatible
with 5.2 did the trick.

My $0.02,
Andrey.