Install IonCube Loader

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 ~]# php -v
PHP 5.2.10 (cli) (built: Nov 13 2009 11:44:05)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.9, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.