Do you need to learn how to install ionCube on Ubuntu 16.04? This guide will take your through the steps to get it done.

As part of our Server Management Services here at Ibmi Media, we regularly help our customers perform Installation tasks on Ubuntu.

In this context, we shall look into how to install ionCube on Ubuntu.

See how our Server Administrators installed ionCube on Ubuntu 16.04

Follow the steps below to install ionCube.

i. Choose the correct version of ionCube

To begin, you need to select the right version of iconCube which aligns with the PHP version. Also check the PHP version.

Start by creating an "info.php" file by running the command below;

sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php

Then add the following attributes to this file;

<?php

phpinfo();

After Modifying it, save and close the file.
Next, use the command below to test the configuration;

http://your_server_ip/info.php

Where "your_server_ip" stands for your Server address. So use as per your case.

ii. ionCube Installation

You can download ionCube from the official ionCube download page. Use the command below to download ionCube;

wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

Next, extract the downloaded file with the command below;

tar xvfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

This will create a directory after the extraction process.

In this case, we will use ionCube version 7.0 and also use an ioncube version ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so which matches.

Now copy this ioncube file to the extension folder. In our case, the path for is "/usr/lib/php/20151012". Therefore, use the command below to copy the file;

sudo cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /usr/lib/php/20151012/

Next create a file named "00-ioncube.ini" with the command below;

sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d/00-ioncube.ini

Then add the loading directive below;

zend_extension = "/usr/lib/php/20151012/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so"

After this, save the file and restart the web server to enable to changes to take effect.

For Apache, run the command below;

sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

For Nginx, use the command below;

sudo systemctl restart nginx

After this process, restart php-fpm if applicable;

sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service

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