php -i | grep extension_dir\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
You will see an output that looks something like the following. Jot this down.\n
extension_dir => \/usr\/lib\/php5\/20090626+lfs => \/usr\/lib\/php5\/20090626+lfs\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
Inside the\u00a0.zip<\/code>\u00a0that you downloaded from the IonCube website, there is a folder called\u00a0IonCube<\/code>. Upload that whole folder to your webroot at \/var\/www\/html<\/code>\u00a0using the SCP connection. Alternatively, you could use wget to place it in that folder, using these commands:\n
cd \/var\/www\/html\r\nmkdir ioncube\r\ncd ioncube    \r\nwget http:\/\/www.ioncube.com\/loader-wizard\/loader-wizard.tgz    \r\ntar -xzf loader-wizard.tgz\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
Using your web browser, navigate to\u00a0http:\/\/<yourip>\/ioncube\/loader-wizard.php<\/code>.<\/li>\n
Wait for the website to load. It will prompt you to select a hosting option.<\/li>\n
Select the “Dedicated\/VPS server” option and fill in the “Company details” with:\n
Name: AKLWEB Host\r\n\r\nAddress: https:\/\/www.aklwebhost.com\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
IonCube will prompt you to copy a file from the folder that you have just uploaded to another folder on the VPS. Do that using the WinSCP connection. You may find it easier to download and re-upload the file. The directory that it has told you should be the PHP extensions directory that we found earlier.<\/li>\n
The bottom of the webpage will show you a link to a file called\u00a020-ioncube.ini<\/code>.<\/li>\n
Download that file and open it in your favorite text editor. It will contain one line that is very similar to this:\n
zend_extension = \/usr\/lib\/php5\/20121212\/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
Back in the ssh connection, enter this command to locate the\u00a0php.ini<\/code>\u00a0file:\n
php -i | grep 'Configuration File'\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The output will appear similar to:<\/p>\n
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => \/etc\r\nLoaded Configuration File => \/etc\/php.ini\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
Once you have located it, open it in your favorite text editor.\n
nano \/path\/to\/php.ini\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
Add the\u00a0zend_extension<\/code>\u00a0line that we found earlier to the top of this file, below the line that reads\u00a0[PHP]<\/code>.<\/li>\n
Restart PHP and Apache.\n
\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 restart\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
In your web browser, navigate to\u00a0http:\/\/<yourip>\/ioncube\/loader-wizard.php<\/code>.<\/li>\n
You may see an error about the fact that some functions may be unavailable. I haven’t noticed any issues due to this error message.<\/li>\n
Enjoy! You can now install your application that needs IonCube loader.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[109,242,247],"manual_kb_tag":[472],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2953,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2951\/revisions\/2953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}