How to enable the ionCube Loader module for PHP shipped with Plesk on Linux?

Dmitry Bystrov

10 months ago

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Starting from Plesk Obsidian 18.0.49, the ionCube Loader can be installed for PHP shipped with Plesk as follows:

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Tools & Settings > General Settings > PHP Settings > PHP 8.1 > Manage PECL Packages.
Search for "ioncube" and install "ioncube_loader" with the plus (+) button as shown below:
Go to Tools & Settings > PHP Settings > click on any handler of necessary version (8.1 in the above example) and enable ioncube_loader_lin_X.X.

Installing ionCube loader via a command-line interface

Connect to a Plesk server using SSH.
Run the command below:

# plesk bin php_handler --extension-install ioncube_loader -id plesk-php81-fpm

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