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Insights on PHP protection, licensing strategies, and shipping self-hosted products.
Self-Hosted vs SaaS: Choosing the Right Distribution Model for Your PHP Product
Weighing the pros and cons of self-hosted versus SaaS distribution for PHP products, and how source code protection changes the equation.
How to Protect a Laravel Application's Source Code
Step-by-step guide to protecting a Laravel application with bytecode encryption. Covers project setup, selective protection, and deployment to customer servers.
ionCube Alternatives: Modern PHP Protection in 2026
Comparing ionCube, Zend Guard, obfuscators, and modern bytecode encryption for protecting PHP source code. Which approach fits your project?
Domain Locking and License Management for PHP Applications
Learn how to implement domain-locked licenses for self-hosted PHP products with activation limits, expiry dates, and remote revocation.
How PHP Bytecode Encryption Works: A Technical Deep Dive
Understand the technical architecture behind compiling PHP to custom bytecode, encrypting it with AES-256, and executing it through a PHP extension with a custom virtual machine.
Why PHP Source Code Protection Matters for Self-Hosted Products
Shipping PHP products to customer servers means giving away your source code. Learn why this is a business risk and what modern solutions exist to protect your intellectual property.