This is kind of clever, but if you have the opcodes, you can reconstruct the source code. This approach just obfuscates the source code. If you have secrets or proprietary information in your source, DO NOT DO THIS!
https://mardikarifqi.medium.com/distribute-php-without-source-code-2ea4295cd6e9
@ramsey even if it was compiled to a full executable, decompiling tends to be fairly trivial lol. its almost like computers just speak a language we have dictionaries for at pretty much any level.
at best this gets you the legal cover of "they circumvented my copy protection" or something since the laws don't require it be actually good copy protection.
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