Tutorial [WEBUZO] how to install ioncube on centos 7

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Overview​

This guide will help you to install / upgrade ioncube loaders on your Webuzo server.

Requirements​

1. Webuzo must be installed on the server.
2. PHP must be installed on the server.

Download And Extract Ioncube Loaders​

Download and Extract the ioncube loaders as per your Linux version and architecture from http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

Locate The Php.Ini​

You can locate the php.ini for the current version of PHP using the following command

root@host > php -i | grep php.ini

The path to configuration file (php.ini) is

For PHP 5.3 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php53/etc

For PHP 5.4 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php54/etc

For PHP 5.5 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php55/etc

For PHP 5.6 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php56/etc

For PHP 7.0 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php70/etc

For PHP 7.1 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php71/etc

For PHP 7.2 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php72/etc

For PHP 7.3 : Path => /usr/local/apps/php73/etc

Uploading The Ioncube Loader​

You have to upload the ioncube loader to the PHP extensions directory for the php version fetched in the above step. For example for PHP 5.6 file name shall be: ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

For PHP 5.6 : /usr/local/apps/php56/ext/

Editing The Php.Ini​

Add the following line to the end of php.ini to enable the ioncube extension.

zend_extension=/usr/local/apps/php56/ext/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

Verification​

Confirm and verify whether Ioncube has been enabled by using the following command

root@host > php -v

The result should be as under

PHP 5.6.16 (cli) (built: Dec  4 2015 19:26:12)
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.6.0,
Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies with the ionCube PHP Loader v5.0.19,
Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by ionCube Ltd.

That’s it. You have successfully enabled Ioncube on Webuzo.