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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