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How secure is PHP bytecode encryption?

by yangyang
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I want to try out Zend or IonCube PHP code protection but I'm not sure if it is that secure.

Is it?

I have some technical background and know that binary executables can be reverse engineered. Lots of shareware software are cracked. How do they do it?

I guess It's not 100% secure even if I use Zend or IonCube bytecode encryption for my PHP code, right? It can definitely be reverse engineered, right?

Or can it?

Please share your knowledge and expertise on this, thank you!
#bytecode #encryption #php #secure
  • Profile picture of the author TheCrazyCoder
    It look like you are PHP beginner.

    PHP isn't executable language, it is interpretable - means code loading in memory and THEN executed.

    So, based on that encrypting source is useless. It take less then 5 mins to get interpreted code, regardless to encryption level and tool.

    You should look to obfuscation - good obfuscator will make you code hard to read and this is only protection you can get.
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