Req #81047 [Opn->Wfx]: It will be a good idea if one can encrypt his/her php program

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81047&edit=1 ID: 81047 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: zyyishusheng at 163 dot com Summary: It will be a good idea if one can encrypt his/her php program -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Compile Issues Operating System: linux PHP Version: 8.0.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: We have no interest in supporting encrypted source code in PHP core. However, there are 3rd party vendors that do provide this functionality. A few are listed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18203112/is-it-possible-to-hide-encode-encrypt-php-source-code-and-let-others-have-the-sy Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-05-18 15:25:03] zyyishusheng at 163 dot com Description: ------------ as a php programer,it is really bad that our program code can be seen by our customers,and they can even resale to others or gi them a copy,that's a big loss for these hard working programmers.so i got an idea,we shold add a function to php compiler to encrypt our program by using a password key,and then the customer who bought the php program shold use the password key supported by the programmers to run the php program. i hope this feature can add to php,many thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81047&edit=1