Install ionCube Loader on CentOS 7

Go to

https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

Download latest version of ionCube Loader

cd /usr/local/src
wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
tar xvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
cd ioncube

Find out PHP version you are using with command

php -v

Here we have PHP version 5.6, now you need to find the available loaders for PHP 5.6 with command

ls -l | grep 5.6

The one we needed is ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

You need to copy it to PHP extension_dir directory.

To find location of extension_dir, run

php -i | grep extension_dir

For default php installation, it will be /usr/lib64/php/modules

So copy it the loader with command

cp ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /usr/lib64/php/modules

Edit php.ini

vi /etc/php.ini

Add

zend_extension = ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

At this point, php -m will show ionCube loader.

Now restart web server with

service httpd restart

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