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1. S ohpSHIELD The PHP Encoder Version 8 1 Copyright 2002 2010 phpSHIELD Introduction An introduction to phpSHIELD This phpSHIELD User Manual covers all of the features necessary for you to encode and protect your scripts If there is anything that you feel has been omitted from this user manual then please let us know as we are passionate about providing excellent service Have fun using your new product phpSHIELD 8 1 Copyright 2002 2010 phpSHIELD All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany IL In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for anyloss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document phpSHIELD User Manual Table of Conte2. Compiler options Show detailed encoder log output enable this to show detailed encoder log during encoding process Stop on script compiling error if this is enabled then encoder will stop encoding when it finds any error in the script Report E_STRICT compiling errors if this is enabled then errors of this type will be reported Default project settings This allows you to set up default project settings so that when you start the New Project then these settings will be the default for your projects Filter for files to encode 2002 2010 phpSHIELD 3 phpSHIELD User Manual 2 4 Extensions to encode here you can list an extension that you wish to encode when you add files directories to your project You should separate extensions by commas For example php php4 inc Extensions to copy as is here you can list extensions that will be marked to copy as is ie without any encoding when you add files directories to your project You should separate extensions by commas For example html tpl txt Backup options This option is used when you want to encode files in the same place with overwrite of source scripts For example bak Encoding choose files e output options Files to encode Options O New Project Choose the version of PHP you would like to encode for jv PHP 4 Ie PHP 5 0 5 1 V PHP 5 2 V PHP 5 3 Choose the directory you would like to output encoded files to Target directo
3. be updated periodically and the latest loaders are always freely available from http www phpshield com loaders 3 1 Loader filename structure The following provides an overview of the loader naming conventions ixed X Y Zts os X Y major PHP version number 4 3 for 4 3 x 5 0 for 5 0 x 5 1 for 5 1 x 5 2 for 5 2 x Z minor PHP version number 2 for 5 0 2 This is optional and most loaders DOES NOT have the minor version number in the file name This part may be missed in the loader name which means that this loader is for all higher PHP versions ixed 4 3 lin for all PHP 4 3 x versions ixed 5 0 0 lin for PHP 5 0 0 only ixed 5 0 1 lin for PHP 5 0 1 only ixed 5 0 2 lin for PHP 5 0 2 only ixed 5 0 lin for all PHP 5 0 3 versions and higher ixed 5 1 lin for all PHP 5 1 versions and higher ixed 5 2 lin for all PHP 5 2 versions and higher ixed 5 3 lin for all PHP 5 3 versions and higher ts this loader is suited for manual installation on systems with Thread Safety enabled PHP os three char code of operating system type Currently supported win Windows lin Linux fre FreeBSD net NetBSD ope OpenBSD sun SunOS dar MacOSX darwin For some operating systems there are different versions of loaders for 32 bit and 64 bit mode File names of such loaders are the same as it is impossible to determine 32 64 bit mode on a PHP level Although 32 bit and 64 bit loaders are packed in diff
4. If you have your profile details then fill them here to obtain license automatically User name Password Get License La settings Help Direct connection Exit Use Proxy Server ProxyS erver ProxyPort f ProxyU sername ProxyPassword 2 If you do not have your profile please register for it here 3 If you want to obtain license manually in the case this program unable to contact our site please enter Registraion code shown below to your profile Registration code SE TESTI STTS Then download license file and save it to your local disk This screen means that you need to obtain a license first in order to run phpSHIELD Obtaining a license You need a direct connection to the internet or configure a Proxy server so that the pnpSHIELD application can connect to the internet NOTE Some firewalls may prohibit phpSHIELD from connecting to the internet so you may have to enable internet access for phpSHIELD On how to enable internet access for a custom application with your firewall please consult your firewall documentation When you purchase the full version of pnpSHIELD or request demo version of it you will receive an email with details on how to access your profile on our site This email contains a user name and a profile password Just type them into the User name and Password fields and click on the Get License button After the license has been downloaded you will see a message box saying Appl
5. LD 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 GUI manual 2 2 1 2 2 GUI manual Overview G phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 Copyright phpSHIELD 2000 2010 Version 8 1 0 240 http www phpshield com phpSHIELD protects your PHP Source Code with a powerful easy to use encoder which creates a native bytecode version of the script and then encrypts it Some other PHP encoding systems do not use bytecode and it is very easy to reverse engineer their protected scripts back to the original source code With bytecode encryption it is never possible to do this as the original sourcecode has been completely removed from the protected file phpSHIELD has been developed to help software authors freelance developers and anyone publishing scripts to protect their intellectual property with ease Developers working on freelance projects do not have to give away all of their legacy code during a project phpSHIELD will allow them to protect the elements at they do not want the client to have full access to Software authors can release their scripts without the fear of losing revenue from piracy Encrypted and protected code works under Windows Linux Mac OS X FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD OpenSolaris First run obtaining license On your first of run of pnpSHIELD you should see following screen 2002 2010 phpSHIELD 6 phpSHIELD User Manual License Missing or invalid license Please check below what you can do 1
6. ar order but we would suggest that you look at this section before you contact phpSHIELD regarding any support matter 4 1 Encoded scripts modification Encoded scripts are protected against modification Please DO NOT MODIFY any single byte in the encoded scripts or you will get an error executing them 4 2 Extension directory php ini setting If you want loader to be loaded dynamically using dl function you have to make sure that extension_dir setting in your php ini is valid It should point to a directory that does exists on the server If it doesn t exists then PHP cannot load any extension at all including phpshield loader For windows users only extension_dir option in php ini should point to the directory located on the same drive with your document root and scripts directory 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 What is new in phpSHIELD 8 1 5 What is new in phpSHIELD 8 1 This is major release and it contains many fundamental changes and additions FULL PHP5 3 support Now this is possible to encode the script so that it will run on PHP4 x PHP5 x servers without the need to encode for them separately e New loaders for other operating systems Encoded phpSHIELD scripts now work under Windows Linux Mac OS X FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD OpenSolaris including 64 bit platforms Encoder is fully Windows Vista and Windows 7 compatible Clicking on phpSHIELD project file now opens encoder GUI with this project loaded au
7. corporation can afford to protect and encode their software The protected code is fully native bytecode with an encryption layer on top of it and this means that it is not possible to reverse engineer back to the original script as this script has been removed phpSHIELD was created by a global team of PHP experts who are based in the USA UK and Russia Thank you for choosing our product we hope that you enjoy using it and if you have any suggestions please let us know With thanks The phpSHIELD team How to buy To purchase phpSHIELD please visit the following https phpshield com purchase Features phpSHIELD Features List Fully native byte code encoding Native encoding to fully protect your application PHP5 and PHP4 support Both PHP4 and PHP5 support built in to the encoder and loaders including the latest PHP 5 3 x Fast encryption Powerful and fast encryption to protect your files Easy to use A simple and easy to use interface Three steps and your files are protected Windows encoding client and loaders Simple and easy to use Windows client encoder and loaders Loaders for other operating systems Encrypted and protected code works under Windows Linux Mac OS X FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD OpenSolaris Protect your intellectual property 2002 2010 phpSHIELD Introduction 3 Protect your intellectual property Protect your php source code Evaluation We provide a Free 7 days evaluation of phoSHIE
8. erent zip tar gz tar bz2 files so you can easily determine them You need to use the correct 32 bit or 64 bit version of the loader on your system according to the platform and the mode PHP executable or shared object is built You may safely try 2002 2010 phpSHIELD 12 phpSHIELD User Manual 3 2 3 3 32 bit version and then 64 bit one if you are unsure Usually you will get the following error message in the case of wrong 32 64 bit loader is installed Unable to load dynamic library ixed cannot open shared object file or Unable to load dynamic library ixed wrong ELF class ELFCLASS32 64 If you have access to a command line shell you may check the PHP using command line file tool e g file path to php Automatic loading Many operating systems and installations of PHP will load the Protected scripts without any modification PHP will be able to find and load the appropriate loader if the following conditions are met 1 Operating system and PHP mode Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD MacOSX SunOS other UNIX PHP installed as CGI or CLI Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD MacOSX SunOS other UNIX PHP installed as a webserver s module with thread safety off Windows PHP installed as CGI or CLI 2 Thread Safety is disabled You may check phpinfo output for this 3 dl is enabled You should have enable_dl On in your php ini 4 The PHP extensions directory extension_dir needs to exist Please check tha
9. ication will now close Please start the application again to activate your copy Press Ok and then start the program again If everything has installed correct the application will start normally If anything has gone wrong with the installtion you will see the License error screen again Make sure you enter your user name and password correctly check your internet settings and try again Configuring internet connection This is useful if you normally need to access the internet va a proxy server Direct connection This is selected by default and is used when you have a direct internet connection 2002 2010 phpSHIELD 2 3 GUI manual Use Proxy Server Select this option if you are behind a Proxy Server Enter the Proxy Server address and the Port Also the Proxy Username and Password should be entered if it is applicable Please consult your network administrator about information about your Proxy Server Settings Encoder options Here you can adjust various phpShield settings Encoder Options Compiler options Y Show detailed encoder log output V Stop on script compiling error Y Report E_STRICT compiling errors Default project settings PHP version M PHP4 lt PHP5 0 5 1 v PHP5 2 V PHP 5 3 Default target directory Filter for files to encode Extensions to encode php gif pg pna example txt Extensions to copy as is Backup options Extension for backup files bak ome
10. nts Foreword Part I Introduction 2 1 About phpSHIELD 22 54 2 222 een en 2 2 HOW I1O bUY ici os 2 SFO SAA A A 2 Part Il GUI manual 5 US AA HHEH 5 2 First run obtaining license esse sees ess eee sees sees essen nenen ennenen nenen nenen 5 A E E E E A E E cdacseveweua tess cede udventacveds Sdacvecencustessceduvsventadvexsceeues 7 O 8 Part lll Protected script loaders 11 1 Loader filename structure cesse sese ss sess seve sese sees sees esn ee neee eenn nenen neee 11 2 Automatic loading 23 2 2422 2 22824 34442222 ATEI AEEA ARAA ROATE ADERAREA 12 3 Manual installation 4 24 42240 222002 ess seene neee nenen nenen nenen 12 Part IV Common mistakes 15 1 Encoded scripts modification sssssssessss sese ss sese sese eers serene nne 15 2 Extension directory php ini setting sss sess sese seve sese ee sese sees senenn nenen nenen nennen 15 Part V What is new in phpSHIELD 8 1 17 Index 18 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 2 phpSHIELD User Manual 1 1 1 2 1 3 Introduction About phpSHIELD We created phpSHIELD to be a low cost but powerful alternative to some of the more expensive encoding solutions out there Our encoder is as good as if not better in some respects than other encoders currently selling for thousands of dollars We pride ourselves on the quality of our products and have created phpSHIELD as a low cost product that any developer whether a freelancer or a
11. priate and manually installed loaders you give the maximum performance for your protected scripts This is because the script will not need to search for a loader each time it runs To install the loader manually you need to do the following 1 Choose an appropriate loader for your operating system and version of PHP Please refer to the Loader filename structure section below to know which loader is required for your operating system and version of PHP 2 Find the loader file in the loaders subdirectory within phpSHIELD main installation directory and copy it to the PHP extension directory extension_dir check the phpinfo output 3 Find the location of the php ini configuration file check the phpinfo output and add extension ixed 2002 2010 phpSHIELD Protected script loaders 13 XXYYY directive at the end of the file X Xis the major version of PHP and YYY is the name of operating system 4 Restart the webserver in order to apply changes done in the php ini configuration file and reload PHP 5 Optionally you may check the phpinfo output now to find out that phoSHIELD loader was successfully installed search for phpshield within the output 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 Common mistakes 15 4 Common mistakes This section includes common mistakes that people may make either in encoding and protecting their files or in uploading or running these files on the web server They are not in any particul
12. r displaying in the encoder but please use the above method for now e Next you need to specify a target directory where the encoded files will be placed e Also you may wish to place phpSHIELD loaders into this directory to deploy them with your encoded project 3 Encode your files When you are ready just click the Encode button The Encoding window appears saying that encoding has begun Please wait until it say that encoding has finished Then you can click the Close button Now you can find the encoded files in the target directory that you specified at the 2nd step You may wish to save your project to use it later Goto File gt Save project to do it 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD 8 1 Protected script loaders 11 3 Protected script loaders Protected script loaders are dynamically loaded PHP extensions which load the protected script decrypt it and then run the bytecode The Source code is never restored at any time even in memory There are different versions of the loaders available for different operating systems and PHP installations The appropriate version of the loader will be automatically loaded by the protected script if this is supported by your web server and PHP configuration phpSHIELD protected script loaders may also be installed manually in to a php ini file This is useful for example if automatic loading is not supported or if faster performance is required Protected Script Loaders will
13. ry VEA Browse Copy loaders to this directory encode your files Click below to encode and protect your files Encode A phpSHIELD e PHP E Encoding process is simple like 1 2 3 1 Choose files Use a mouse right click on the treeview to get a popup menu There you can select what you would like to do add file s add folder rename remove remove all create directory mark file dir to encode or to not encode Also you can drag and drop objects inside this treeview Operations on multiple selected objects are allowed 2002 2010 phpSHIELD GUI manual 9 2 Output options Once you have added files into your project you need to select your output options e PHP versions Different versions of bytecodes will be packed into one protected script file With phpSHIELD 8 you do not need to have separately encoded files for PHP 4 and PHP 5 You can specify target PHP versions instead It s important that your source code should be compatible with all specified versions of PHP or all versions including PHP 4 if the above option is not used If your code is not compatible with any of the PHP versions then the encoder will report the error code 2 with the message PHP syntax or other compiler error for this file We suggest that you run the problematic source php script with all of the required versions of PHP The PHP engine will print a detailed error message if there are any problems We have plans to improve the PHP erro
14. t the extension_dir option in php ini points to the real directory Some hosting companies have incorrect installations of PHP and this can cause problems 5 The latest ixed loaders are installed in an ixed subdirectory within your scripts directory or any parent directory 6 PHP version is below 5 2 5 Please note if your server and PHP configuration conform to all conditions above for automatic loading except only a PHP version then it is enough to copy an appropriate loader into the PHP extension directory extension_dir The loader will be used automatically from the extension_dir directory no need for changes in the php ini configuration file Manual installation It is possible to manually install the loader and this is required in the following conditions 1 Operating system and PHP mode Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD MacOSX SunOS other UNIX PHP installed as a webserver s module with thread safety on Windows PHP installed as Apache module thread safety is always on 2 If Thread Safety is enabled You may check phpinfo output for this PHP installed as a webserver s module under Windows will always have Thread Safety on 3 If dl is disabled You have an enable_dl Off setting in the php ini configuration file Manual installation requires permissions to access the extension_dir directory and the php ini configuration file Manual installation may be used even if automatic loading is available With appro
15. tomatically 2002 2010 phpSHIELD phpSHIELD User Manual Index A About 2 Automatic ixed loading 12 ay e Features 2 G GUI manual overiew 5 H How to buy 2 Sila Loader filename structure 11 Manual ixed installation 12 O Obtaining license 5 Sa Settings 7 2002 2010 phpSHIELD
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