# Encrypting Smarty Templates using ioncube\_read\_file()

**URL:** <https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/encrypting-smarty-templates-using-ioncube-read-file/36>\
**Category:** ionCube PHP Encoder\
**Tags:** tutorial\
**Created:** [19 March 2026 10:47 UTC](https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/encrypting-smarty-templates-using-ioncube-read-file/36 "2026-03-19T10:47:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [19 March 2026 10:47 UTC](https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/encrypting-smarty-templates-using-ioncube-read-file/36/1 "2026-03-19T10:47:04Z")

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This article explains how to encode your ionCube Encoder projects which make use of Smarty Templates.

Encrypting Smarty Templates

> **[Encrypting Smarty Templates - ionCube Blog](https://blog.ioncube.com/2014/11/27/encrypting-smarty-templates/)**
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> Smarty templates are one such example of non-PHP files that you may want to protect, which is why in this tutorial, we will be looking at how to patch...

This article covers protecting Smarty templates using ionCube encoding tools, including workflow integration, template encryption options using ioncube\_read\_file(), and how encrypted templates are handled at runtime in PHP applications.

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