Source code encryption

[eluser]thevenin[/eluser]
Do anyone knows if there is a possibility of source code encryption?

What is the best tool you have used and what problems did you encounter in relation to your CodeIgniter apps?

[eluser]Andrew Stilliard[/eluser]
You could use a javascript based tool, there are many javascript encoding/encryption sites out there and you could have it so the javascript uses [removed] or another method to create the doc.
But this would essentially kill any future SEO you may want to do on the page.

[eluser]cahva[/eluser]
I think he means protection of the PHP code itself? Theres at least 2 of them Ioncube Encoder and Zend Guard.

I havent used them myself, but many of our clients have. AFAIK both do what they are meant to do and do it well. Using CI is irrelevant.

[eluser]thevenin[/eluser]
I read about www.sourceguardian.com but don't know anybody who uses this software.

Thanks for info.
Regards.

[eluser]cahva[/eluser]
Hi,

Just tried phpSHIELD which is based on sourceguardian but its simpler thus cheaper.

I encoded my whole application folder and it worked great. Theres 7 day free trial so try it.

[eluser]benurv[/eluser]
and don't forget your webhost needs to support it, wich i mostly the case for zend guard & ioncube.

[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
Source code encryption on an open source project is just wrong on so many levels...