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How do I enable ionCube in Ubuntu?

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How do I enable ionCube in Ubuntu?

How do I enable ionCube in Ubuntu?

How to Install ionCube Loader in Debian and Ubuntu

  1. Step 1: Install Apache or Nginx Web Server with PHP.
  2. Step 2: Download IonCube Loader.
  3. Step 3: Install ionCube Loader for PHP.
  4. Step 4: Configure ionCube Loader for PHP.
  5. Step 5: Test ionCube Loader.

How do I enable ionCube loader?

To enable ionCube loader, go to Sites > Tools > ionCube Loader, and press the “Enable” button. At this time, ionCube loader can only be enabled on sites using PHP 7.3 or 7.4 (ionCube is not supported on PHP 8.0 at this time).

What is ionCube loader?

A PHP extension called the ionCube Loader handles the reading and execution of encoded files at run time. Unlike CPU’s such as 8086, where compiled code from many years ago continues to run on its derivatives today, the virtual machine instruction set of PHP has changed over time.

How do I set up ionCube?

Table of Contents

  1. Before you start installing ionCube Loader.
  2. 1 Download ionCube Loader.
  3. 2 Add the ionCube Loader php extension.
  4. 3 Load the ionCube extension.
  5. 4 Apply the new configuration.
  6. 5 Verify ionCube loader is running.

How do I know if ionCube is installed?

Test ioncube loader installation You can verify just by checking the PHP version. In your terminal, use the command: php -v to test the ioncube loader installation. You can also run the URL along with phpinfo. php and verify the ioncube installation.

How do I check ionCube loader version?

You can easily figure out if IonCube is running by looking at the information from PHP info. To check this you need to create a PHP file with the content as: phpinfo(); Here, you will see a Zend Engine badge with the version for IonCube loader (the version on our servers is v3.

How do I know if ionCube Loader is installed?

Is ionCube secure?

Not very secure, but you can use it for avoiding outside interference. I will say it’s less than 50% secure out of 100%. There are plenty of tools on the Internet for partially decompiling older versions of ionCube. I recommend you to choose some other encryption tools for protecting your code.

How do I know if ionCube is enabled?

You can verify just by checking the PHP version. In your terminal, use the command: php -v to test the ioncube loader installation. You can also run the URL along with phpinfo. php and verify the ioncube installation.

What is ionCube encoder?

The ionCube Encoder compiles sourcecode to bytecode, can obfuscate and encrypt compiled code if desired, and has features to protect decryption keys in various ways, including a unique approach of algorithmic non-stored keys we call Dynamic Keys.

How do I encrypt PHP files with ionCube?

File context menu:

  1. Open: open the file with the default application for the appropriate file type or preferred editor.
  2. Open With: open a file with a choice of application.
  3. Encode PHP file: set the item to be encoded as a PHP language source file.
  4. Encrypt non-PHP file: encrypt the file.

How do I update ionCube loader?

How to update ionCube Loader to the latest version for 7.3 and 7.4 shipped by Plesk?

  1. Connect to the server via SSH.
  2. Unpack it: # tar -xvf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz.
  3. Install It:
  4. Restart Apache Web Server in order to apply the change:
  5. Check the version by executing php -v command for the corresponding PHP version.

How to install ionCube Loader extension on Ubuntu?

To install the ionCube loader extension on your Ubuntu Linux, you need to have a PHP server installed and active on your machine. You can either use the Apache PHP server or the Nginx PHP server. Here, I’ll be using the Apache server.

What is the ionCube PHP loader?

The ionCube provides a feature to encrypt your PHP script to keep them secure. It also keeps them secure from unauthorized uses. This tutorial will help you to configure the ionCube loader with PHP on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system.

What versions of ionCube loaders are included in the archive?

The older archive, version 6.0.9, includes ionCube Loaders for PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 only. The newer archive, version 10.3.8, includes ionCube Loaders for PHP 5.4 and PHP 7.2 only.

How do I use ionCube encoded and secured PHP files?

Using ionCube encoded and secured PHP files requires a file called the ionCube Loader to be installed on the web server and made available to PHP. PHP can use the Loader with one line added to a PHP configuration file (php.ini). An automated Installer and Wizard are available to help with install, as well as manual instructions.