Have you used an online obfuscator before? Share your experience—good or bad—in the comments.
While you should never hardcode secrets, sometimes legacy systems require internal logic obfuscation to prevent casual browsing from revealing connection strings or payment gateway flows.
Some obfuscators also minify code, shrinking file size by 30–50%. For embedded PHP systems or micro-optimized environments, this can be a nice bonus.
When you paste your entire application into a web form, you have no idea what happens on the server. Many free tools log all submitted code, store it, or even inject backdoors.
