🚀 Overview

Built for solo developers, agencies, and product teams, LicenseBox centralizes
license generation, validation, and version delivery across multiple PHP products. It’s ideal for
commercial scripts, client projects with maintenance contracts, and internal tools needing secure rollouts.

Experience: The flow mirrors real release lifecycles—generate license → activate on client server →
validate on each request/interval → ship update → track installs—reducing support load and unauthorized distribution.

✨ Key Features

• License Issuance — Create standard, time-bound, or domain/IP-locked licenses.
• Validation API — Server-side checks (domain/IP/path/hardware) with grace periods & caching.
• Auto-Updates — Versioning, changelogs, and secure download endpoints for clients.
• Product Management — Multiple apps, channels (stable/beta), and release notes.
• Activation Limits — Seat/domain limits, revoke & reassign controls.
• Analytics & Logs — Activations, pings, update adoption, error traces.
• Webhook/Integrations — Connect billing, CRM, or helpdesk for lifecycle automations.
• Admin Panel — Roles, audit trails, and fine-grained permissions.
• Security — Signed responses, rate limiting, optional offline token validation.
• Localization — Multi-language admin strings & timezone aware timestamps.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Language: PHP 7.4+ / 8.x
• Framework: Laravel/Lumen-style REST (implementation varies by edition)
• Database: MySQL / MariaDB (InnoDB)
• HTTP: Nginx or Apache with PHP-FPM
• Extensions: cURL, OpenSSL, Mbstring, JSON, PDO
• Client Side: Lightweight PHP SDK/endpoints for your apps

Expertise: Clear separation between licensing server and licensed app for secure, maintainable deployments.

🧩 Installation & Setup

1. Provision a PHP/MySQL host for the License Server (SSL recommended).
2. Upload files and set public/ (or equivalent) as the web root.
3. Create a database and update environment variables (.env).
4. Install dependencies & run migrations (vendor/installer or CLI, per package docs).
5. Create your first product, version, and license in the admin panel.
6. Integrate the validation/update endpoints into your PHP app using the provided SDK/snippets.

📦 What’s Included

• License server source code & admin dashboard
• REST API endpoints for validation and updates
• PHP client snippets/SDK and integration examples
• Database migrations & seed data
• Documentation (setup, API, integration patterns)
• Changelog & example webhooks

📱 Supported Platforms

• Server OS: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS) recommended; macOS/Windows for dev
• Browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari for admin UI
• Client Apps: Any PHP application that can call HTTP endpoints

🧠 Notes & Best Practices

• Security: Enforce HTTPS, rotate API keys, and sign responses; enable rate limits and IP allowlists.
• Packaging: Obfuscation/packers can complement (not replace) server-side validation.
• DevOps: Keep a staging channel for pre-release testing; automate changelog and release notes.
• Compliance: Respect user privacy laws when storing activation metadata.
• SEO: Use product schema, clear docs URLs, and versioned endpoints for developer onboarding.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Attribution belongs to the original software creator.
For official support, updates, and commercial licensing, please visit the developer’s product page.

🔒 Disclaimer

This description presents software capabilities for informational and cataloging purposes only.
All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.