How to Install ionCube Loader sur un CentOS 7

Yep, once again

tar xfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
tar (child): ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Better do it good.

tar -xvzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz 
ioncube/
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.0.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.2.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.3_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so
ioncube/loader-wizard.php
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so
ioncube/LICENSE.txt
ioncube/USER-GUIDE.pdf
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.4.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.4_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.1_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
ioncube/USER-GUIDE.txt
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.1.so
ioncube/README.txt
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.1_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.0_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.1.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2_ts.so

And continue

Find that it is wrong again…

php -v
Failed loading /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/ioncube.so:  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/ioncube.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
PHP 7.4.0 (cli) (built: Nov 28 2019 12:53:42) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.4.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

ls ioncube
ioncube_loader_lin_4.1.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.0.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so     ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so     README.txt
ioncube_loader_lin_4.2.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.0_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.3_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.6_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_7.2_ts.so  USER-GUIDE.pdf
ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.1.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so     ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so     ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so     USER-GUIDE.txt
ioncube_loader_lin_4.3_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.1_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.4_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_7.0_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_7.3_ts.so
ioncube_loader_lin_4.4.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so     ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so     ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so     LICENSE.txt
ioncube_loader_lin_4.4_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.2_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_5.5_ts.so  ioncube_loader_lin_7.1_ts.so  loader-wizard.php

And notice that you wasted your time

php -i | grep extension_dir
Failed loading /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/ioncube.so:  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/ioncube.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
extension_dir => /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902 => /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902
sqlite3.extension_dir => no value => no value

Hi @khavich,

Here is a small guide to help you out:

SSH to your droplet and initial configuration

First you need to ssh to your droplet like

ssh root@Dropletip

Once you are in, perform some updates like

yum update

Download Ioncube loader

Once your system is up to date it’s time to download the IonCube Loader Itself:

wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz

Now unpack the tar archive

tar xfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

The ionCube Loaders for all PHP versions will be extracted in a new ‘ioncube’ directory.

Determine the PHP version and configuration

php -v

Let’s say you have a PHP version 7.2 installed on your server, so we will need the matching ionCube loader.

List the content of the ‘ioncube’ directory to find the necessary file

 ls ioncube

And find the following files

ioncube_loader_lin_7.2_ts.so and ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so

We will use the ‘ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so’ file because it matches our PHP version. If you have a different version of PHP installed on your server you will have to use the appropriate file.

To find out the location of the extension directory, run the following command

php -i | grep extension_dir
extension_dir => /usr/lib64/php/modules => /usr/lib64/php/modules

Please note the path might vary to your system!

Copy the ‘ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so’ ionCube loader to the extension directory

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /usr/lib64/php/modules

Now, open the PHP configuration file and add the following line

nano /path/to/your/php.ini
zend_extension = /usr/lib64/php/modules/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so

** Web Server restart**

Save the configuration file and restart the Apache/Nginx web server for the changes to take effect.

Verify ionCube Loader installation

You can check if ionCube Loader is successfully enabled using the following command

php -v

Regards, Kalin