Zend Guard Loader Installation Guide
Zend Guard Loader is an essential extension for running PHP files encoded with Zend Guard. This encoding and obfuscation tool protects your applications from unauthorized use and reverse engineering.
This tutorial is designed for our "VestaCP with CentOS 6" template and is intended for use on our self-managed virtual private servers.
Prerequisites:
"VestaCP with CentOS 6" template installed on your server.
Step 1: Download and Extract Zend Loader
First, download Zend Guard Loader:
wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/7.0.0/zend-loader-php5.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the archive and navigate to the extracted folder:
tar xzvf zend-loader-php5.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd zend-loader-php5.5-linux-x86_64
Step 2: Install Zend Loader
Copy the ZendGuardLoader.so file to the appropriate directory:
cp ZendGuardLoader.so /usr/lib64/php
Create a new .ini file and add the following configuration:
nano /etc/php.d/zenguard.ini
Add the following content to the file:
; priority=30
; Enable Zend Guard extension
zend_extension=/usr/lib64/php/ZendGuardLoader.so
zend_loader.enable=1
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
service httpd restart
