PHP source code protection: I need a class to make the PHP production code harder readable

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by Vallo Reima - 6 months ago (2015-08-04) compress minify obfuscate

I need a class to make the PHP production code harder readable

+3	The class should process the PHP 5.4+ source: remove whitespaces and comments scramble (not encode) handle both pure PHP (incl. nowdoc) and phtml (PHP tags inside HTML) files

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• 6. by Till Wehowski - 5 months ago (2015-08-27) Reply

  remove whitespaces and comments - OK scramble (not encode) - Useless and bad practise

  compress. minify, obfuscate are three diffrent tasks and should be handled apart of each other. E.g. you minify the code and compress the file.

  Obfuscate, mh, just wasted time in any case, imho, you should consider to choose a real encryption method instead or just keep the code open.

• 1. by Manuel Lemos - 6 months ago (2015-08-04) Reply

  What do you mean by scramble (not encode)? Do you mean obfuscate variable names and not use encodings like base64 to make code unreadable?

• 2. by Vallo Reima - 6 months ago (2015-08-05) in reply to comment 1 by Manuel Lemos Comment

  I meant obfuscation mainly, i.e. NOT the encoding requiring any loader (PHP extension) installation.

• 3. by Manuel Lemos - 6 months ago (2015-08-05) in reply to comment 2 by Vallo Reima Comment

  There are several classes that obfuscate the code including removing comments, white space and changing variable names.

  Did you find any limitation in those that exist or you are just not sure which one would be best for your requirements?

• 4. by Vallo Reima - 6 months ago (2015-08-06) in reply to comment 3 by Manuel Lemos Comment

  I found several classes needing adaptation. For example 1) that would satisfy initially: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/7156-PHP-Reduce-the-size-of-PHP-source-files.html Unfortunately, the downloaded version didn't work. I posted the question to the forum but no answer yet. 2) that seems interesting (though in php 4): http://www.phpclasses.org/package/3241-PHP-Obfuscate-PHP-code-using-filters-and-compression.html I'll learn more. Thanks for reply.

• 5. by Manuel Lemos - 6 months ago (2015-08-08) in reply to comment 4 by Vallo Reima Comment

  Would you like a solution that also renames variables? Because there are a few may work that way and also remove white space and comments.

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• 1. by Vallo Reima - 5 months ago (2015-08-19) Reply

  Thanks for recommendation. I'll try it.

• 2. by Vallo Reima - 5 months ago (2015-08-26) Reply

  My choice is so far: Best PHP Obfuscator from Pipsomania Co.

  The only issue encountered: anonymous functions are not obfuscated correctly. Unfortunately, can't contact the authors.