Get the latest version of the ionCube Loader from http://ioncube.com 1. Download Ioncube Loader [root@esjeruk ~]# cd /tmp [root@esjeruk ~]# wget http://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz [root@esjeruk ~]# cd ioncube/ [root@esjeruk -]# mkdir /usr/local/lib/ioncube [root@esjeruk ~]# mv ioncube_loader_lin_5.0.so /usr/local/lib/ioncube/ 2. Now edit /etc/php.ini/ add this line and right at the beginning [root@esjeruk ~]# nano /etc/php.ini [PHP] zend_extension=/usr/local/lib/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.0.so [root@esjeruk ~]# [...]