IONCUBE LOADER FOR XAMPP IN UBUNTU 14.04

Step 1: Download IonCube Loaders

Download latest ioncube loaders on your system from ioncube from ioncube download page or use following command to download ioncube.

For 32bit Systems:
# wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz

For 64bit Systems:
# wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

This article is written on 32bit system using PHP 5.4.26 on CentOS, For the next commands check what version of php and which operating system are you using.

After downloading IonCube loaders archive file, extract it and place it to a permanent place.

# tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz
# mv ioncube /usr/local/

# mv ioncube /opt/lampp/htdocs

Step 2: Enable IonCube Loader in PHP

Now edit php.ini file and add following line at the end of file. To find php.ini file you can use following command.

# php -i | grep php.ini

Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini

Loaded Configuration File => /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

As per above output edit /etc/php.ini file and add following file and the end of file.

zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so

zend_extension = /opt/lampp/lib/php/extension/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so

Replace /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so file with your matching PHP version file.