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Zend Guard Loader - Configuration Directives

This topic lists all the configuration directives for Zend Guard Loader.

Configuration Directives Summary

The table below is a summary of all the Zend Guard Loader configuration directives, and displays the directive name, its default value, and a description:

Directive	Default Value	Description
zend_loader.enable	1	Enables loading encoded scripts. The default value is On
zend_loader.disable_licensing	0	Disable license checks (for performance reasons)
zend_loader.obfuscation_level_support	3	The Obfuscation level supported by Zend Guard Loader. The levels are detailed in the official Zend Guard Documentation. 0 - no obfuscation is enabled
zend_loader.license_path		Path to where licensed Zend products should look for the product license. For more information on how to create a license file, see the Zend Guard User Guide

Configuration Directives Details

The list below contains information for all the available configuration directives for Zend Guard Loader: their description, type, units, default value, modification scope, and the Zend Server version they became available in.

zend_loader.enable

If you do not plan to use the Zend Guard Loader to load encoded files, you can slightly improve performance by adding the zend_loader.enable = 0.
This disables the transparent auto-loading mechanism that is built into the Zend Guard Loader

Default Value: 1

Type: boolean

Modification Scope: ZEND_INI_SYSTEM

Available Since Version: 4.0

zend_loader.disable_licensing

If you do not need to use any licensing features, you can disable the Zend Guard Loader license request. Setting this option lowers Guard Loader memory usage and slightly enhances performance

Default Value: 0

Type: boolean

Modification Scope: ZEND_INI_SYSTEM

Available Since Version: 4.0

zend_loader.obfuscation_level_support

The Obfuscation level supported by Zend Guard Loader. The levels are detailed in the official Zend Guard Documentation. 0 - no obfuscation is enabled

Default Value: 3

Type: int

Modification Scope: ZEND_INI_SYSTEM

Available Since Version: 4.0

zend_loader.license_path

Path to where licensed Zend products should look for the product license. For more information on how to create a license file, see the Zend Guard User Guide

Default Value:

Type: string

Modification Scope: ZEND_INI_SYSTEM

Available Since Version: 4.0

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