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title: How to install Ioncube
description: "cd /usr/local/ wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/Ioncube/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz tar -xvzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz check php -v and also cat /etc/redhat-release Now check the folder cd /usr/local/ioncube If the php version is 5.2.2 and the OS is linux than add following lines in php.ini zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so…"
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updated: "2021-07-13"
category: Cloud Server Management / No Control Panel server management
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# How to install Ioncube

cd /usr/local/
 wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/Ioncube/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz
 tar -xvzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz
 check
 php -v
 and also
 cat /etc/redhat-release

Now check the folder
 cd /usr/local/ioncube

If the php version is 5.2.2 and the OS is linux than add following lines in php.ini

zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

Where lin is for Linux and
 5.2 is for php version.
 change the two parameter according to your server.

NOTE:
 in php.ini search the following word (if exist)
 [Zend]
 and add the zend_extension line above the [Zend] word.

service httpd stop
 service httpd start