====== Installation of the PHP Ioncube Loader on Debian-like distributions ======

The example is for PHP 5.6 as provided by Ondřej Surý repository. The procedure is identical for all PHP versions that are provided by the Ondřej Surý repository. You **MUST** just adapt the paths according the PHP version that you target.

=====Retrieve the path for the PHP extensions=====

<konsole>
$ php5.6 -i | grep extension_dir
extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/20131226 => /usr/lib/php/20131226
</konsole>

The path is:
  /usr/lib/php/20131226

=====Download, extract and install the IonCube Loader for PHP 5.6=====

<konsole root>
# cd /usr/local/src/
# wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
# tar xfz ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
# cd ioncube/
# cp ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /usr/lib/php/20131226/ioncube.so
</konsole>

=====Create the /etc/php/5.6/mods-available/ioncube.ini INI file for PHP 5.6 with the following content=====

  ; Configuration for the IonCube Loader
  ; priority=01
  zend_extension=ioncube.so

=====Activate the IonCube Loader for PHP 5.6=====

<konsole root>
# phpenmod ioncube
</konsole>

=====Check that the IonCube Loader for PHP 5.6 has been correctly activated=====

<konsole>
$ php5.6 -v
PHP 5.6.36-1+0~20180505045733.13+jessie~1.gbp9b5cab (cli) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
  with the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured) v10.2.1, Copyright (c) 2002-2018, by ionCube Ltd.
  with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies
</konsole>

=====Restart the appropriate service=====

====If you use PHP through PHP-FPM====

<konsole root>
# service php5.6-fpm restart
</konsole>

====If you use PHP through Apache2 FastCGI module (e.g. Fcgid)====

<konsole root>
# service apache2 restart
</konsole>