How to Install IonCube

IonCube is an application that further increases performance of PHP scripts by encoding them. To be able to use IonCube encoded scripts, the server must have an IonCube loader installed. The following steps will explain how to get the loader installed.

 

 

(1). Login to your server via SSH.

(2). Do the following: cd ~

(3). Download the IonCube Files. Execute the following command:

wget http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz

 

(4). Now do the following: tar –zxvf /ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz

(6). Dependant on the version of PHP you have installed (this information can be found in the PHP info page.) you will need to pick the correct loader.

(7) Do the following, mv ioncube /usr/local

 

(8)  Once that file has been moved, please do the following: vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

(9)  Scroll to the bottom of the php.ini file, once at the bottom of the page press “o” on your keyboard.

 

(10) Then type this: zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.x.so

(Please replace x with the version for example: PHP Version 4.4 would be iconcube_loader_lin_4.4.so)

 

(11) Now press “esc” on your keyboard and then type the following “:wq”

(12) once completed, if it hasn’t prompted you to restart apache, do so by running this command: service httpd restart

(13) Congratulations!