Ioncube install on Debian server.
1. Archive download from website creator
wget http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
2. Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
3. Watch the PHP version
php -v
4. You should see the various ioncube loader files corresponding to various php versions as below:
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 additional configuration file with ioncube files location.
nano /etc/php5/conf.d/ioncube.ini
and write this 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 file.
6. restart apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Done.
