I thought of sharing this for those who need it, though one may found that this method is a little different than other tutorials available (or may be more) but I believe that this is how this php module should be managed, so enjoy. Code: # Donwload, extract & move respective Ioncube Loader .so file accordingly cd /tmp sudo wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz cd ioncube if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /usr/lib/php/20131226/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /usr/lib/php/20151012/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so /usr/lib/php/20160303/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so /usr/lib/php/20170718/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so /usr/lib/php/20180731/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so /usr/lib/php/20190902/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.0.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.0.so /usr/lib/php/20200930/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.1.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.1.so /usr/lib/php/20210902/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so /usr/lib/php/20220829/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.3.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.3.so /usr/lib/php/20230831/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.4.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.4.so /usr/lib/php/20240924/ioncube.so; fi # Create ioncube.ini & copy it to respective php module folder sudo cat <<EOT >> ioncube.ini ; configuration for php ioncube module ; priority=10 zend_extension=ioncube.so ioncube.enable=1 EOT sudo xargs -n 1 cp -v ioncube.ini<<<"/etc/php/5.6/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.1/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.3/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.4/mods-available/" # Enable Ioncube Loader & restart all php-fpm phpenmod ioncube if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php5.6-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php5.6-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.0-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.0-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.1-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.1-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.2-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.2-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.3-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.3-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.4-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.4-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.0-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.0-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.1-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.1-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.2-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.2-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.3-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.3-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.4-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.4-fpm restart; fi cd /root
Thank you very much for your script! I do not know if the php paths could change but if they can this could be more stable: Changes: It uses the php-config command to get the extension directory. Code: # Donwload, extract & move respective Ioncube Loader .so file accordingly cd /tmp sudo wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz cd ioncube if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so $(/usr/bin/php-config5.6 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so $(/usr/bin/php-config7.0 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.1.so $(/usr/bin/php-config7.1 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.2.so $(/usr/bin/php-config7.2 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so $(/usr/bin/php-config7.3 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so $(/usr/bin/php-config7.4 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.0.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.0.so $(/usr/bin/php-config8.0 --extension-dir)/ioncube.so; fi # Create ioncube.ini & copy it to respective php module folder sudo cat <<EOT >> ioncube.ini ; configuration for php ioncube module ; priority=10 zend_extension=ioncube.so ioncube.enable=1 EOT sudo xargs -n 1 cp -v ioncube.ini<<<"/etc/php/5.6/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.1/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/ /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/ /etc/php/8.0/mods-available/" # Enable Ioncube Loader & restart all php-fpm phpenmod ioncube if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php5.6-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php5.6-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.0-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.0-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.1-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.1-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.2-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.2-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.3-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.3-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php7.4-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php7.4-fpm restart; fi if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.0-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.0-fpm restart; fi cd -
Smart and thank you very much. I remember @Jesse Norell were trying to integrate this into ISPConfig Auto Installer so hopefully your improvement shall ease that, though the AI is in php but this could help as well.
Updated the code in the first post to cover up to php8.2 though ioncube loader for php8.2 is not available yet.
Updated the code in the first post to cover up to php8.3 as ioncube loader for php8.3 is already released.
Since 20th November 2025, php8.5 was released, but ionCube Loader for it is second beta release as at today. Server admin can already install php8.5 for their website and other usages as follows: Code: apt-get -y install php8.5 php8.5-cgi php8.5-cli php8.5-common php8.5-curl php8.5-fpm php8.5-gd php8.5-imap php8.5-intl php8.5-mbstring php8.5-memcached php8.5-mysql php8.5-phpdbg php8.5-pspell php8.5-readline php8.5-soap php8.5-sqlite3 php8.5-tidy php8.5-xml php8.5-xsl php8.5-zip Note we use memcached for it now but there is no opcache, as the later is now a part of php8.5 itself and no longer an optional module. Also add it to additional php section in ISPConfig System just like php8.4 tutorial suggests. Admin can also use beta version of ionCube Loader for php8.5 for website and other testing purposes and install it as follows: Code: # Donwload, extract & move respective Ioncube Loader .so file accordingly cd /tmp sudo wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64_beta.tar.gz sudo tar xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64_beta.tar.gz cd ioncube if [ -e "ioncube_loader_lin_8.5.so" ]; then sudo cp -a ioncube_loader_lin_8.5.so /usr/lib/php/20250925/ioncube.so; fi # Create ioncube.ini & copy it to respective php module folder sudo cat <<EOT >> ioncube.ini ; configuration for php ioncube module ; priority=10 zend_extension=ioncube.so ioncube.enable=1 EOT sudo xargs -n 1 cp -v ioncube.ini<<<"/etc/php/8.5/mods-available/" # Enable Ioncube Loader & restart all php-fpm phpenmod ioncube if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' php8.5-fpm 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 1 ]; then sudo service php8.5-fpm restart; fi cd /root Again testing purposes only, not production, though it should already be good for some, so use it at your own risk and discretion. I will update the first post with ionCube Loader for php8.5 once it is released.
