Installing ionCube on a Debian and Ubuntu server

How to Install ionCube Loader in Debian and Ubuntu.

1. Download the archive from the developer’s website

wget http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

2. Extract the archive

tar -xvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

3. Check the PHP version

php -v

4. Depending on the PHP version, copy the necessary files to a directory created specifically for ionCube files

mkdir /usr/lib/php5/modules/

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so /usr/lib/php5/modules/

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3_ts.so /usr/lib/php5/modules/

5. Create an additional configuration file specifying the paths to the ionCube files

nano /etc/php5/conf.d/ioncube.ini

and enter the following text:

zend_extension = /usr/lib/php5/modules/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so
zend_extension_ts = /usr/lib/php5/modules/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3_ts.so

Save the file.

6. Restart Apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You’re done.