Install ionCube (if needed):
In the event that you are uploading our ionCube version, ionCube is required to be installed on your server.
There are 3 methods available for integrating ionCube into your server.
1. Our Auto Uploader tool will try to install the ionCube Runtime Loaders during install of the software, if ionCube is not present.
2. Integrate the Loaders into your php.ini file
3. Install the Runtime Loaders yourself
You can learn more about the ionCube Encoder requirements by visiting www.ioncube.com
How can you tell if ionCube is already on your server?
You can to upload a php file to your server and view all your php settings. Create a blank file and add the following 1 line of code inside it:
<?php phpinfo() ?>.
Now save this file with a name of 'info.php' Upload the file to your server, then access it with your browser. i.e.; http://www.yoursite.com/info.php
After viewing this new page, look for a box similar to this, near the top of the page:
If ionCube is already installed on your server, you should see some text within this box that specifies what version is installed. If you don't see any reference about ionCube, then you may consider installing it yourself or just using the 'Runtime Loaders'.
How do I install the 'Runtime Loaders?
If ionCube is not built into your server already, then getting the 'Runtime Loaders' on your server is a quick way of adding ionCube support. Simply create a new folder inside your /locator directory and name it 'ioncube'. Like this: www.yoursite.com/locator/ioncube
Upload these files to your new /ioncube folder and run the ioncube-loader-helper.php file in your browser. These are ionCube test files that will help you determine which set of ionCube files your server will require.
Now, you can visit the ionCube Download Page and download the set of files that are best for your platform. You can download loaders for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and others. Just be sure you download the correct files that matches your server platform.
If you don't know which files to download, you can download the set of loaders that contains ALL loaders for any server. Then upload them all. Of course, this is wasting a bit of space for loaders you don't need.
For full instructions on how to install the 'Runtime Loaders', please visit ionCube's official How To Install page.
Warning: Trying to use ionCube Runtime Loaders will not work if your PHP settings have Safe_Mode turned ON.