How to Install ionCube Loader on Ubuntu 18.04
ionCube is an application tool for PHP Encoder, which protects and encrypts the source code or PHP program code. While ionCube Loader is a PHP extension for ionCube so that the encrypted PHP program code can be run on the server (decrypted).
0.Install Apache and PHP
Update Ubuntu first
1 | apt update; apt upgrade -y |
Install Apache and PHP
1 | apt install apache2 php php-fpm php-common libapache2-mod-php -y |
1.Install ionCube Loader
Download ionCube Loader and extract
1 2 | wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz tar xzvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz |
Check the version of PHP that runs on Ubuntu
1 | php -v |
The result is that PHP 7.2 means that what is needed is ionCube Loader for PHP 7.2
1 2 3 4 | PHP 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 (cli) (built: Feb 11 2020 15:55:52) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies |
Check the location of the extension folder
1 | php -i | grep extension_dir |
The result is /usr/lib/php/20170718
1 | extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/20170718 => /usr/lib/php/20170718 |
Check the contents of the extracted folder, see what the file name is IonCube Loader for PHP 7.2
1 | ls -l ioncube |
Copy ionCube Loader to the extension folder
1 | cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /usr/lib/php/20170718/ |
Enter the ionCube Loader extension into the PHP configuration (php.ini). There are 3 php.ini files, in the apache2 folder when using the Apache web server, in the fpm folder if using PHP-FPM it is usually associated with the Nginx web server, and in the cli folder for php-cli (command line interface).
1 2 3 | nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini nano /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini |
Add the following options to the last line of the php.ini file.
1 | zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20170718/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so |
Restart apache2 if using the Apache web server and php7.2-fpm if using PHP-FPM.
1 2 | systemctl restart apache2 systemctl restart php7.2-fpm |
2.Testing
Run the command check the PHP version, make sure you have put the ionCube Loader extension into php.ini for cli.
1 | php -v |
The result is an additional with the ionCube PHP Loader
1 2 3 4 5 | PHP 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 (cli) (built: Feb 11 2020 15:55:52) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with the ionCube PHP Loader + ionCube24 v10.3.9, Copyright (c) 2002-2019, by ionCube Ltd. with Zend OPcache v7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies |
Subsequent tests created the info.php file.
1 | nano /var/www/html/info.php |
Fill with
1 | <?php phpinfo(); ?> |
Then browse http://IP_SERVER/info.php and search for ioncube
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