ioncube loaders are available for 32 bit and 64 bit system both.
Suppose you are using 32 bit Linux system (CentOs, Fedora, Ubuntu or Debian).
Download 32 bit ioncube loader zip file from
Add following line at bottom of the line [php] in the file php.ini
The ionCube Loader version 4.6.1 for PHP 5.4 is already installed and encoded files should run without problems.
Suppose you are using 32 bit Linux system (CentOs, Fedora, Ubuntu or Debian).
Download 32 bit ioncube loader zip file from
http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gzExtract it and Put the directory in your htdocs, Now run
http://localhost/ioncube/loader-wizard.phpThere are number of ioncube .so files in the ioncube directory because you may have different version of php. When you run the wizard, it shows required .so file which you should use, copy your required ioncube.so file and put it in
/usr/lib/php5/200.....
Add following line at bottom of the line [php] in the file php.ini
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php5/200..../ioncube_loader_lin_5.x.so
Restart apache2, and runhttp://localhost/ioncube/loader-wizard.php
you will getThe ionCube Loader version 4.6.1 for PHP 5.4 is already installed and encoded files should run without problems.