Is PHP obfuscation necessary at all?

obfuscation, php, web

Solution

It's designed to obfuscate distributed PHP code. For example, say you're selling a forum system but offer a free trial. If someone can just go in and disable the payment check, then what's the point of selling it?

Problem

I saw this thread after wondering if a PHP obfuscator exists. It gave me the question: Why is it necessary to obfuscate PHP code if PHP files aren't supposed to be downloadable/"decompilable" in the first place?

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