Hi list !
While I am still trying to fix bug 79714 (please see:
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79714), I got a few ideas.
First though, let me say that I still need advice about fixing the bug
above as per my earlier mail.
But now, my new idea:
For future versions of PHP (8.1 ?), I would like following additions to PHP:
The goal is still the same as what I am trying to achieve by fixing the
79714 bug, namely to be able to build PHARs that can be distributed as
single-file while remaining harder to reverse-engineer.
Now about my changes:
Opcache:
opcache_compile_file_2_binfile(string $phpFile, string $outputBinFile)
New function which operates similar to opcache_compile_file() while
compiling $phpFile into the binary OpCache bytecode and save it as
$outputBinFile
Core:
requirebin(string $dotbin_file_path)
Like require() but the parameter is the parameter is the path to a .bin
(opCache bytecode file)
includebin(string $dotbin_file_path)
Like include() but the parameter is the parameter is the path to a .bin
(opCache bytecode file)
requirebin_once(string $dotbin_file_path)
Like require_once() but the parameter is the parameter is the path to a
.bin (opCache bytecode file)
includebin_once(string $dotbin_file_path)
Like include_once() but the parameter is the parameter is the path to a
.bin (opCache bytecode file)
Phar Extension:
Phar::addOpcacheFile(string $pathToOpCacheBinFile, string $localName)
Like Phar::addFile but first parameter is the path to a file produced by
opcache_compile_file_2_binfile()
(requires the opcache extension to be present)
Phar::setOpcachedStub(string $code)
Like Phar::setStub(string $code) but $code is first converted into byte
code (requires the opcache extension to be present).
I think these changes would mean that using an autoloader (ie.
vendor/autoload.php) in the PHAR - which would contain a check to see if
a .bin exists, then use includebin_once() to load it. If a .bin file
does NOT exist but a .PHP file does,
then simply use include_once() to load the PHP file - would allow for
distributing PHARs that have their source code relatively well protected.
What do you guys think about my idea ?
Best regards,
Henrik Skov
Secuno A/S