I know ioncube is used by JReviews (www.reviewsforjoomla.com), which
is a pretty impressive/good Joomla Component.

On Nov 5, 5:55 pm, Sandy Wilkins <sandy.wilkins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> An in-the-middle way would be to obfuscate your code... remove
> comments, unneeded spaces, change variable names, etc. One could still
> see the code but it would take alot of time.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=obfuscate+php
>
> On Nov 5, 5:18 pm, WebbedIT <p...@webbedit.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I think the only options are the previously suggested IonCube and
> > ZendGuard, but whilst they've been around a while, I've only ever
> > encountered IonCube once when downloading a developer version of
> > LemonStand.
>
> > I suppose what I was trying to say is that whilst in theory this
> > sounds a great idea, the fact that very few of us come into contact
> > with encrypted code possibly goes to show that very few companies go
> > to the bother (or that we don't deem our code to be that precious).
> > To be honest, from my experience of setting up a developers copy of
> > LemonStand for a customer, I think that using IonCube will actually
> > lose them a significant number of potential clients who won't get past
> > the barrier of having to have the neccessary server setup to decrypt
> > the files.
>
> > But as I said in my earlier post, could you not place in the remotely
> > hosted application a call to your servers to check for a valid
> > license?  I know a lot of games are now going this way where you have
> > to be online to be able to play them as the game polls there servers
> > to check your have a valid license.
>
> > Paul.
>
> > On Nov 5, 11:17 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
>
> > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
> > > Exaaaaactly! Just to be clear, we're not dealing with mission critical 
> > > stuff or bank accounts. The issue is that if you sell a web based 
> > > application to a company that then runs it on their own infrastructure, 
> > > it'd be cool to be able to protect your interests somehow and ensure you 
> > > can manage a recurring annual income from it. I guess one answer is 
> > > "don't build it in PHP", but that's a cop-out!
>
> > > Jeremy Burns
> > > Class Outfit
>
> > >http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > > On 5 Nov 2011, at 11:03, WebbedIT wrote:
>
> > > > Would never of thought of software at that sort of high end level
> > > > being developed using uncompiled/unencrypted code of any flavour.
> > > > Could just see me walking into a bank, having a look at there source
> > > > code and tweaking a few PHP functions :)
>
> > > > On Nov 4, 6:47 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
> > > > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
> > > >> I'm thinking of apps running on internal banking servers (real case 
> > > >> scenario) where hosting it remotely is a no-no for security reasons. 
> > > >> Encrypting that would be pretty fantastic.
>
> > > >> Jeremy Burns
> > > >> Class Outfit
>
> > > >>http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > > >> On 4 Nov 2011, at 18:42, WebbedIT wrote:
>
> > > >>> @Jeremy: I would be wary of allowing any software licensed annually to
> > > >>> be hosted on another server. Apps licensed in this way tend to be more
> > > >>> like an SAAS app and as such would be centrally stored to allow for
> > > >>> maintenance, upgrades etc.
>
> > > >>> If it is a plugin that we're talking about then the license tends to
> > > >>> get you a period of support and access to upgrades, so to let your
> > > >>> license expires means you can continue to use the plugin without
> > > >>> upgrades/fixes.
>
> > > >>> Have you ever, or no of anyone else, who has bought code where you had
> > > >>> to decrypt it (try finding a shared hosting service that has ioncube/
> > > >>> zend guard installed)?  Maybe you could have a call from the remote
> > > >>> server to a database on your server which checked if a license is
> > > >>> valid?
>
> > > >>> HTH, Paul
>
> > > >>> On Nov 4, 9:38 am, AD7six <andydawso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>> On Nov 4, 10:13 am, WebbedIT <p...@webbedit.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> @Ryan: If you could not raise a smile at Andy's response in this
> > > >>>>> thread then you really could do with a weekend off.  Your response 
> > > >>>>> is
> > > >>>>> nicer than Andy's but they both mean the same thing ... "Why on 
> > > >>>>> earth
> > > >>>>> do you need to protect your code?!?"
>
> > > >>>> Actually my "point" (there was no point in my answer) was more this:
>
> > > >>>>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=protect+php+files
>
> > > >>>> if you can type your question in google and the answer pops up - it's
> > > >>>> not a question that belongs on any support forum. Less so here, for a
> > > >>>> question that has nothing specific to do with CakePHP.
>
> > > >>>> AD
>
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