Why is Directadmin ioncube so significant?

Incorrect timezone and misconfiguration in the php.ini file cause errors after installing the Ioncube loader in DirectAdmin.

At Bobcares, we often get requests from our customers to fix Ioncube errors as part of our Server Management Services.

Today, our article describes how our Support Engineers set up Ioncube loader and fix errors in Directadmin.

How can install Ioncube loader on DirectAdmin?

Often, the IonCube encoding method is used to secure the PHP files. It helps to encrypt PHP files and read encrypt PHP files.

However, to decode the encrypted PHP files, ionCube loaders should install on the server as an additional requirement.

Then, we install ionCube Loader on the webserver and made it available to PHP. Also, we simply add one line to a PHP configuration file (php.ini) to use this ionCube Loader.

Again, installing of Ioncube loader in DirectAdmin is very easy. Here, let’s see how our Support Engineers install Ioncube loader in DirectAdmin.

1. Initially, we login into the DirectAdmin server as a root user.

2. Then we switch to custombuild directory.

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

3. After that, we run the following script to install the Ioncube.

./build set ioncube yes
./build ioncube

4. At last, we restart the Apache service to save the changes.

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

That’s it. this is how we install Ioncube loaders.

How we fixed common Ioncube errors?

Now let’s see the suggestions our Support Engineers provide to tackle this error.

Incorrect timezone

Recently, many of our customers set up Roundcube on their server. However. the customers receive the following error when running ./build roundcube.

Failed loading /usr/local/lib/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so: /usr/local/lib/ioncube.

This error occurs when the server timezone is set up incorrectly. Then, our  Support Engineers fix this error changing the date.timezone according to the customer server set up.

Misconfiguration in php.ini file

Similarly. customers may get a problem after installing Ioncube on the server. It didn’t work on the server as we expect and will show an error ” ionCube loader not installed”.

The misconfiguration in php.ini is another reason for the above error.  For example, if the following line is missing from the php.ini file results the error  “ionCube loader not installed”.

zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

So, adding the above line in php.ini solves the error.

So, our Support Engineers checks and fixes any misconfiguration in php.ini.

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Conclusion

In short, incorrect timezone and misconfiguration in the php.ini file cause errors after installing the Ioncube loader in DirectAdmin. Today, we saw how our Support Engineers set up the Ioncube loader and fix DirectAdmin Ioncube errors.