How to Install ionCube Loader to RunCloud Server

Ahmad Fikrizaman · March 24, 2017November 20, 2020 · 3 Min Read

What is ionCube Loader

ionCube Loader is a php modules to load php files that have been encoded with ionCube Encoder. Without this loader, the PHP files can’t be serve by php.

Installing ionCube Loader

Since RunCloud comes with multiple PHP version, you need to install ionCube in your choosen PHP. If your website only use php7.0, you can install ionCube Loader only inside php7.0 or every php version that you want.

Download & Extract

cd
wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
tar -zxvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

PHP5.5

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so /RunCloud/Packages/php55rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so" > /etc/php55rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php55rc-fpm

PHP5.6

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /RunCloud/Packages/php56rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so" > /etc/php56rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php56rc-fpm

PHP7.0

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /RunCloud/Packages/php70rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20151012/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so" > /etc/php70rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php70rc-fpm

PHP7.1

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so /RunCloud/Packages/php71rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20160303/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so" > /etc/php71rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php71rc-fpm

PHP7.2

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so" > /etc/php72rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php72rc-fpm

PHP7.3

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so /RunCloud/Packages/php73rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20180731/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so" > /etc/php73rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php73rc-fpm

PHP7.4

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so /RunCloud/Packages/php74rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/
echo "zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so" > /etc/php74rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php74rc-fpm

Checking ionCube Installation

PHP5.5

/RunCloud/Packages/php55rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP5.6

/RunCloud/Packages/php56rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP7.0

/RunCloud/Packages/php70rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP7.1

/RunCloud/Packages/php71rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP7.2

/RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP7.3

/RunCloud/Packages/php73rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

PHP7.4

/RunCloud/Packages/php74rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

If your installation is success, you will see the output as follows

ionCube Loader
the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured)

Removing ionCube Loader

PHP5.5

rm /etc/php55rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php55rc-fpm

PHP5.6

rm /etc/php56rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php56rc-fpm

PHP7.0

rm /etc/php70rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php70rc-fpm

PHP7.1

rm /etc/php71rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php71rc-fpm

PHP7.2

rm /etc/php72rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php72rc-fpm

PHP7.3

rm /etc/php73rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php73rc-fpm

PHP7.4

rm /etc/php73rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php74rc-fpm

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13 thoughts on “How to Install ionCube Loader to RunCloud Server”

Mohsen Ghiasi
says:

March 31, 2017 at 2:35 pm

Great article! Keep riching resources for your lovely product. RunCloud rocks!

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1. RunCloud
  says:
  
  March 31, 2017 at 2:54 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
  Reply
Wessa
says:

February 7, 2018 at 11:47 am

Does IonCube support PHP7 yet?

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1. Wessa
  says:
  
  February 7, 2018 at 11:48 am
  
  I mean to say 7.1 *
  
  Reply
  1. admin
    says:
    
    February 7, 2018 at 11:52 am
    
    Seems like they did. You can read the loader changes inside https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
    
    Reply
Makis
says:

February 20, 2018 at 6:50 pm

IonCube supports 7.1 & 7.2. Run the following as root to install it:

7.1

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so /RunCloud/Packages/php71rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20160303/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so” > /etc/php71rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php71rc-fpm

7.2

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so” > /etc/php72rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php72rc-fpm

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1. Larry
  says:
  
  March 1, 2018 at 7:48 am
  
  Hey, the code doesn’t working for me.
  
  Checked with this command:
  /RunCloud/Packages/php71rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube
  
  And nothing happen.
  
  Reply
mehow80
says:

March 14, 2018 at 2:05 am

Can you guys update this settings for a php 7.2 I see is ionCube available, tnx.

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dennis
says:

April 3, 2018 at 9:45 am

Can you please try this

wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

tar -zxvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/

echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so” > /etc/php72rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini

systemctl restart php72rc-fpm

/RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/bin/php -m | grep -i ioncube

@Makis Thank you ….[Makis code has small mistake ] @Larry replace [ “ ] to [ ” ]

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Maxime Jobin
says:

October 24, 2019 at 1:49 am

This should be updated to include 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 :

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /RunCloud/Packages/php70rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20151012/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so” > /etc/php70rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php70rc-fpm

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so /RunCloud/Packages/php71rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20160303/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so” > /etc/php71rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php71rc-fpm

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /RunCloud/Packages/php72rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so” > /etc/php72rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php72rc-fpm

cp ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so /RunCloud/Packages/php73rc/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20180731/
echo “zend_extension=ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so” > /etc/php73rc/conf.d/ioncube.ini
systemctl restart php73rc-fpm

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Agus Muhammad
says:

October 29, 2019 at 5:11 pm

Thank you very much for updating this post to support IonCube Loader for PHP 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 😉

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Fajar
says:

May 28, 2020 at 7:52 pm

Hi there,

How to install it on PHP 7.4. I’m not a programmer and I can’t find the instruction anywhere.
I only found tar.gz file here: https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

Can someone help me?

Reply
1. Matthew Gates
  says:
  
  June 6, 2020 at 1:08 pm
  
  Hey Fajar, take a look at this link from the RunCloud knowledgebase: https://runcloud.io/knowledgebase/articles/web-application/how-to-change-php-version-on-web-app
  
  Reply

How to Install ionCube Loader to RunCloud Server

What is ionCube Loader

Installing ionCube Loader

Download & Extract

PHP5.5

PHP5.6

PHP7.0

PHP7.1

PHP7.2

PHP7.3

PHP7.4

Checking ionCube Installation

PHP5.5

PHP5.6

PHP7.0

PHP7.1

PHP7.2

PHP7.3

PHP7.4

Removing ionCube Loader

PHP5.5

PHP5.6

PHP7.0

PHP7.1

PHP7.2

PHP7.3

PHP7.4

Simplifying Server Management

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