Why wouldn I use Zend Encoder instead?
Price I can tell you about my own considerations. I seriously considered Zend Encoder and downloaded it together with the manuals since I thought they where the only option for deploying your application safely. I found the price quite high but that alone it didn’t deter me. Also, installation didn’t seem easy to me. Works with other programs On top of that I already used APC as a cacher. And as far as I know APC and Zend Encoder don’t operate in concert. So I would have to install Zend Cache too. (And Zend Optimizer). Obviously, if you already use APC, Zend Encoder or Zend Cache, you can continue doing so with POBS. Can not be reverse-engineered by a computer Another consideration is that Zend Encoder doesn’t remove information. As far as I understand (correct me if I’m wrong) you can adjust the PHP Engine (not for the everyday coder maybe) and restore the complete sourcecode even if you use an Encoder and/or a Cacher. The kind of encoding Zend Encoder does is reversible. The encoding
