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Getting Started

This procedure describes how to create a project for the first time. Projects are used to define specific settings for a group of PHP files that represent a complete PHP application. Projects are Projects are a collection of source inputs such as files and paths of files to be encoded. Inside a project you can define the specific encoding, obfuscation and license settings that will be applied to the files related to the project. There are also additional options for excluding certain entities.

There are three main steps to encoding PHP files:

Creating a Project
Configuring Encoding and Obfuscation settings
Executing Encoding and Obfuscation on the project

To create a new project

Select the Create New Project icon to open the New Project Wizard.

Project and License Wizard

Click Next to define the project's basic settings including:

Project

Name - The project name. Make sure the project name does not include spaces, use "_" as a separator if necessary.
Contents - These are the files/folders that comprise the bulk of the Zend Guard project.

Product

Name - The name of the (end) product.
Version - The current version of the (end) product.
Target directory - The directory that will hold the (end) product files after creation by the Zend Guard. The target directory must not be the same as the source directory.

Add the files and click Next. The Configure Source dialog will open. Enter the Source configuration settings.

Configure Source Dialog

Specify Source Path

In order to add an extension type (in this example - *.html), click Add, enter the extension and click OK.

Click Finish to create the project.
Click File | Save or click the Save icon and the new project will be saved.

A new project will be added in the Guard Explorer section. Navigate through the different tabs to configure the project's specific settings.

Note:

To create evaluation software that expires after a designated period of time, use the license-file expiration options on the License tab.