On 8 February 2010 19:32, Brian Dunning <br...@briandunning.com> wrote: > Hey all - > > I'm selling a custom PHP solution to FileMaker users. It uses FileMaker's PHP > API, so everyone who has FileMaker Server is already set up to use it, but > very few of them have any knowledge of how to set up a server or do anything > PHP related. But I do want to add some level of code obfuscation to prevent > them from making simple changes to my code that allow them to exceed the > privileges they've purchased. > > I've looked at custom code encryption services like Ioncube and phpCipher, > but in my estimation, deploying the needed server-side code for these is > going to be beyond the capabilities of a large segment of my customers. I > would rather have a few customers cheat me than offer a product that most > customers are unable to figure out how to run. > > So I was thinking of doing something like base64_encoding the crucial chunk > of my code (maybe 20 lines worth) and using > eval(base64_decode($that_content)) to run it. I figure that will scare away > most of the customers who might be able to edit my code. Can anyone suggest > something that goes one better? > > - Brian > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
For simple obfuscation, then maybe making a PHAR app may be of use here. http://docs.php.net/phar -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
