Install ioncube on Debian 8

To install ioncube Debian 8, first download the ioncube loader from

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

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/

This folder have loader for several PHP versions, find the PHP version you have with command

php -v

By default Debian 8 come with PHP 5.6. The file you need to use for PHP 5.6 is ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

You need to copy this file to PHP extension directory. To find this, run

# php -i | grep extension_dir
extension_dir => /usr/lib/php5/20131226 => /usr/lib/php5/20131226
# 

Lets copy ioncube loader file to extension diretcory

cp /usr/local/src/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /usr/lib/php5/20131226

create file

echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so" > /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/01-ioncube.ini
ln -s /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/01-ioncube.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/01-ioncube.ini

Restart Apache web server

service apache2 restart

You can verify ioncube module installed with

root@myterrarium-vm:~# php -m | grep ion
ionCube Loader
Reflection
session
the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured)
root@myterrarium-vm:~# 

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