📋 Changelog

Version history and release notes for php-next
Last updated: December 2025

v1.0-sec13

December 2025 Major
🚀 Major Features
  • Native PHP Extension Loaders: Introduced native .so (Linux) and .dll (Windows) loaders for PRO/ULTRA/ULTRA_V1 editions with ULTRA_V1-level security
  • Open-Core DEV Loader: New PHP-based loader for development and OSS blobs, explicitly blocks protected editions
  • Multi-Platform Support: Linux x86_64, Linux ARM64, and Windows x86_64 loaders now available
  • License Edition System: Complete overhaul with TRIAL, PRO, ULTRA, and ULTRA_V1 editions, each with distinct security features
  • Ed25519 License Signing: Cryptographic license verification using Ed25519 signatures for tamper-proof licensing
🔐 Security Enhancements
  • ULTRA_V1 Security: Multi-layer encryption, opcode randomization, multi-stream bytecode, anti-debug/anti-tamper, license binding
  • Binary Hardening: Stripped debug symbols, obfuscated strings, minimal binary intelligence for native loaders
  • Dynamic Key Loading: Public keys loaded from secure API with embedded fallback
  • Code Encryption: Critical code sections encrypted at build time, decrypted at runtime using ChaCha20Poly1305
  • White-box Cryptography: Advanced key hiding techniques using lookup tables and complex transformations
  • Self-Healing: Anti-tampering mechanisms with self-repair capabilities
🛠️ Improvements
  • CLI Enhancements: Improved help messages, license banner display, clearer error messages
  • Customer Dashboard: Online encoder, personalized encoder downloads, blob control panel
  • Admin Features: Gift package functionality, MFA for admin accounts, runtime incident reporting
  • Documentation: Comprehensive whitepaper, improved docs, changelog, professional website
🐛 Bug Fixes
  • Fixed encoder compilation warnings
  • Resolved license signing issues
  • Fixed playground encoding fallback
  • Corrected download link handling
  • Fixed database schema issues for MFA and blob control

v0.3-sec10

December 2024 Minor
✨ Features
  • Initial RuntimeBlobV2 implementation
  • VM-based bytecode execution
  • Per-build randomization
  • Hardware binding support
  • License server integration

v0.2

November 2024 Minor
✨ Features
  • Initial encoder implementation
  • Basic obfuscation
  • CLI tooling

v0.1

October 2024 Initial
🎉 Initial Release
  • Project inception
  • Proof of concept
  • Basic architecture design

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