Posted by Louise Johnson on 09/02/05 15:46

> Not for execution as the Loader has its own executor, partly for
> security reasons. There are hooks inside PHP for both compile and
> execution so that extensions can augment the standard behaviour of PHP.

But when it have been executed, won't it have to be passed to the PHP
server?

> A further point is that both our product and Zend Optimiser have made
> use of non-standard opcodes, and even if a debugger were able to access
> the compiled code, the results could be undefined.

Does IonCube then require a special version of PHP that understands these
upcodes?

> PHP being OpenSource certainly does limit the extent to which security
> is available, however in terms of protecting source, restricting
> execution to particular machines with license files, offering time
> expiry of scripts etc., a solid compiled code solution can none the
> less be highly effective and of great value to developers and website
> owners looking to guard against tampering with code.

Yes, IonCube seams like a pretty good option to have in mind, when these
things are needed.

Love,
Louise

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