any decent php obfuscator

i know "why obfuscate your code" because i want to so if you aren't here to help kindly go away

You could use tools like these:

• https://github.com/pk-fr/yakpro-po (demo) for pure php sources (e.g. not embedded in html)
  
• http://phpprotect.info/
  
• https://github.com/naneau/php-obfuscator
  
• http://pipsomania.com/best_php_obfuscator.do
  

Of course, someone could still deobfuscate it if they really wanted to, but it'dprevent a lot of clients from tweaking/editing stuff.

Try to get more professional way, dude. IonCube and Zend is the best for now. Yeah, I know, it's expensive but your money is worth it.

I agree with Lintahdarat, IonCube or Zend is worth spending the money on - harder to unonfuscate.

Why would you obfuscate PHP when PHP is Server side no one else than you won't see it unless you gave someone ftpcredentialsor SFTP or whatever.