PHP files can be easily available on the server either as an editable plain text as well as in a machine-encoded binary file. Usually, editable plain-text PHP files are the ones where you can facilely save a text file using PHP code even in an editor using .php extensions. In contrast to this, in order to encode a PHP file, you need to have a PHP encoder. However, there are usually two very popular and commercial PHP encoders namely; ionCube and Zend Guard. Almost every web hosting provider will support either of the encoders.
The primary reason behind PHP encoding is the source-code protection and bequeathing the genuine license keys. These may be the obvious benefits in aspect of supplier side, but there are a few apparent benefits from user side as well.
Why PHP encoding is becoming a necessity?
There is a plethora of benefits of encoding the PHP scripts that are varied over, but the customers are employing it for different purposes. These benefits are listed as follows:
- Segmenting the trial version of PHP application.
- Provides incredible protection to database passwords
- All the telework programmers who want to ensure that they will get the payment after completing their task employs PHP encoding in order to protect their work. Once, they are provided with the payment they carry forward it to other clients.
- Encoding also shields the PHP application in a way such that it can be distributed in a similar manner of a normal application with the acknowledgement that source code will not be shared.
- It aids in locking the PHP scripts to a single machine so that an application cannot be stolen or misused by any staff member for using outside the organization. This will also assist in guarding the intellectual property so that it does not get stolen.
- Protecting an application partially so that most of the files remains open. This way they can be easily tailored by shielding the core functionality.
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