Zend Guard

Zend Guard protects your commercial PHP 4 and PHP 5 applications from reverse engineering, unauthorized customization, unlicensed use and redistribution. 

Software vendors are increasingly writing applications in PHP with the aim of distributing them via download or CD. It is critical that the source code and intellectual property of the applications being distributed is secure, regardless of whether the applications are free, for evaluation purposes or for commercial sale. 

The Zend Guard, with its key components of Encoding, Obfuscating and Licensing, make this distribution worry free.

• Enables PHP source code protection (against copyright infringement and reverse-engineering) of commercial PHP applications through advanced encoding and obfuscation technologies.
• Provides IT Managers with a solution that prohibits modification of their internal PHP application source code so they can effectively support them.
• Allows ISVs to impose a variety of licensing policies on commercial PHP applications.
• Enables vendors to increase their revenue by choosing from a variety of licensing models such as concurrent users, time limited, segment of network, or server specific.
• Zend Guard is the most widely distributed PHP encryption product on the market. Available for over 7 years, Zend’s dedicated team of developers makes it the most stable and robust encoder on the market.
• Zend Optimizer – the most widely distributed PHP run time optimizer on the market.
• Streamlined integration with Zend Studio – just one click and your PHP application is encoded.
• Auto-detects and suggests PHP code elements (such as functions and methods) to exclude them from being obfuscated. This significantly reduces development time.