I'll let their FAQ speak for itself--from http://zend.com/store/products/encoder-faq.php
How does the Zend Encoder work? The Zend Encoder converts your plain-text PHP scripts into a platform-independent binary format. It includes the Zend Optimizer, which optimizes the PHP file, and then enables end users to transparently execute these files, as if they were regular PHP scripts. Why is the optimization module included? The optimization module from the Zend Optimizer is included to provide extra protection against reverse engineering. The Zend Encoder first optimizes the PHP file (using the optimization module), before encoding it. The optimization also increases performance speed: because the encoded files are already optimized, no time is lost by first having to do the optimization at run time. How do I know that my application won't be decoded back to the PHP source file? Encoded files are not 100% irreversible, because it may be possible to discover some of their functionality through various reverse-engineering techniques (tracing, raw code examination, guessing, etc.). The Zend Encoder provides extra protection against reverse engineering. This is because the encoding process was done on the optimized file, thereby providing added protection. Decoding becomes almost impossible. > -----Original Message----- > From: Luis Ferro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:09 PM > To: Bruce Miller; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Easy Way To Compile Extension in Win32 > > > Not really because Zend produces a bytecode... with come work it is > reversable... as with all bytecodes... > > Binary format on the other hand isn't reversible to the original > programming language in any way (but is reversible to assembler). > > In windows i would recomend you to build a com component... they are > easy to do and if build with C++, they are very fast. > > VB is also an option, but, the problem is that it is too near source > code also... > > Hope that helps... > > Cheers, > Luis Ferro > > Shrock, Court wrote: > > >Is Zend Encoder an option? > > > >http://zend.com/store/products/zend-encoder.php > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Bruce Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:19 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [PHP-WIN] Easy Way To Compile Extension in Win32 > >> > >> > >>I have an algorithm that I don't want anyone to see; > >>therefore I can't put > >> > >>it in a php file. I'm trying to create an php extension DLL but the > >>instructions in the PHP manual explain how to do it in UNIX > >>and not Win32. > >>I've been unsucessfull at getting it to compile in Win32. > >> > >>Does anyone have an easy/straightforward way to do this? > >> > >>Thanks in advance. > >> > >> > >> > >>Bruce > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
