.: Encoding your PHP Pages

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Some we need to protect pages developed in the PHP , Its not an issue if PHP is hosted on remote server,but if the on embedded device

or where PHP pages can be accessed that one of the tool ioncube can protect pages written using the PHP programming language from being viewed,

changed, and run on unlicensed computers.

It requires two module encoder and decoder (loader)

1. Encoder download trial version from

After installation encode the php files

New Project-Select Source and Target Folder start conversion.

2. Place the encoded files in /var/lib/asterisk/static-http/config/

Needs library (ioncube_loader_lin_5.x.so) to be loaded to decode encoded files

X= version of php

i.e PHP 5.2 or PHP 5.3

1. Download Decoder (loader)

Download the freely available decoders from this url (Linux X86)

http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

i.e http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.zip

2. Copy to asterisk machine

Extract the file /ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.zip and copy ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so from it and place in asterisk machine

eg in

/usr/local/lib/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

3. Locate the path of php.ini using phpinfo(); function

2. In Asterisknow 1.0.2 It is /usr/local/lib

3. If no php.ini file present in /usr/loca/lib create a file and

Add following line in it

[PHP]

zend_extension=/usr/local/lib/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

Restart Lighttpd

Service gui-lighttpd restart

In case of issues please use the file ioncube-loader-helper.php present in ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.zip

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