Install ionCube Loader

The ionCube Loader is a PHP extension that enables PHP to execute files encoded using the ionCube Encoder.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install the ionCube Loader on your servers.

This tutorial assumes you have already connected your server to SellCloud.

Download, Extract, and Configure

To install the ionCube Loader, SSH in to your server as the root user and run the following commands for the PHP version you're adding the ionCube loader to.

PHP 5.4

cd /usr/local
sudo wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so /opt/sp/php5.4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/
sudo bash -c 'echo "zend_extension=/opt/sp/php5.4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so" > /etc/php5.4-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini'
sudo service php5.4-fpm-sp restart

PHP 5.5

cd /usr/local
sudo wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so /opt/sp/php5.5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/
sudo bash -c 'echo "zend_extension=/opt/sp/php5.5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so" > /etc/php5.5-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini'
sudo service php5.5-fpm-sp restart

PHP 5.6

cd /usr/local
sudo wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /opt/sp/php5.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/
sudo bash -c 'echo "zend_extension=/opt/sp/php5.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so" > /etc/php5.6-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini'
sudo service php5.6-fpm-sp restart

PHP 7.0

cd /usr/local
sudo wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
sudo cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /opt/sp/php7.0/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20151012/
sudo bash -c 'echo "zend_extension=/opt/sp/php7.0/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20151012/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so" > /etc/php7.0-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini'
sudo service php7.0-fpm-sp restart

PHP 7.1

ionCube Loader does not yet support PHP 7.1

Verifying ionCube Loader Is Installed

You can verify the ionCube Loader extension is installed correctly by running this command:

phpX.Y-sp -i | grep -i ioncube

You should see output like the following:

Additional .ini files parsed => /etc/phpX.Y-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini,
    with the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured) v6.0.3, Copyright (c) 2002-2016, by ionCube Ltd.
ionCube Loader

Uninstalling IonCube Loader

To remove ionCube loader from a PHP version you had previously installed it on, run the following commands as root. Replace X.Y with the PHP version you want to uninstall it from; for example, 7.0.

sudo rm /etc/phpX.Y-sp/conf.d/20ioncube.ini
sudo service phpX.Y-fpm-sp restart

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