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If you need IonCube loader in order to encode scripts. You will need to install IonCube loadar on your box.

Login to your server as root and download the loaderfor your server: http://www.ioncube.com/loader_download.php
# tar -zxvf ioncube_loaders.tar.gz
# cd ioncube

Copy ioncube-install-assistant.php file to a www diretory
# cp ioncube-install-assistant.php /home/username_here/www

Go to: http://www.somedomain.com/ioncube-install-assistant.php

You sould see something like this:

PHP Version 4.3.3
Operating System Linux
Threaded PHP No
php.ini file /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Required Loader ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so

Change to the folder where you extracted the ioncube
# mv ioncube /usr/local

Edit php.ini file:
# nano /usr/local/lib/php.ini
under [zend] put this line:

zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so

Save and Exit

Restart the server by typing:
# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

It should be fine!