title: Encrypting URL inside PHP code
body: <p>I'm trying to figure out the best method for encrypting or encoding a URL in my code, this is what it looks like:</p>
  
  <p><code>$ProUpdateChecker=new PluginUpdateChecker('http://the-url-is-here.com/file.json',__FILE__,'pluginslug');</code></p>
  
  <p>I want users to not be able to see that URL. I'm not too worried about them being able to decrypt it, I just want a little bit of added security since mostly newbies will be using my script anyways.</p>
  
  <p>What is the best method to accomplish this? I used ionCube to encode the entire code (not just the URL), but it broke some of the functionality.</p>