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LOADERS FOR IONCUBE SECURED FILES

The ionCube PHP Encoder is a widely used tool that allows developers to protect
their PHP files with powerful encryption and security features. To use
ionCube-encoded files on a web server, the ionCube Loader must be installed and
made available to PHP. This can be done by adding a single line to the PHP
configuration file (php.ini).

The ionCube Loader is available for many 32 and 64 bit x86 based operating
systems, as well as some Arm and other architectures. Windows non-TS Loaders
should be used on a Windows system where PHP is built with thread safety
disabled.

If you need Loaders for other platforms, please contact us. Note that the 32-bit
and 64-bit Linux Loaders are compatible with all major Linux distributions,
including CentOS, SuSE, Debian, and RedHat.

To make the installation process easier, we offer an automated Installer and
Wizard. However, if you prefer, you can also follow the manual instructions
provided.

In summary, ionCube Loaders are an essential component for using ionCube-encoded
PHP files on your web server. With the right Loader installed, you can easily
integrate ionCube into your PHP environment and start using its powerful
encryption and security features.

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INSTALLING WITH THE LOADER WIZARD (RECOMMENDED)



It is recommended to install a Loader using help from the Loader Wizard. The
Wizard is a PHP script that when installed on a web server can give guidance
specific to that machine, including which Loader file is required and what to
add to the php.ini file.

Download the Loader Wizard: ZIP archive or tar.gz (.tgz) archive

To use the Wizard:

 1. install the script into your web space
 2. launch the script in your browser

The Wizard will give guidance on selection and installation of the correct
Loader package.




MANUAL INSTALL - WHICH DOWNLOAD DO I NEED?



Loaders are available for many different platforms. Pick a Loader package based
on your operating system and whether the PHP installation is 32 or 64 bit. If
you are unsure of the server platform (e.g. Linux or FreeBSD) and whether PHP is
32 or 64 bit, your hosting company should be able to tell you. The Wizard script
should also detect this correctly if you use it.


LOADER PACKAGES

Linux Loaders also include support for vulnerability protection and PHP error
reporting via the ionCube24 platform.


LOADER DOWNLOADS API

Are you a hoster or package maintainer and would like API access to historical
releases? Contact us and let us know.


PRODUCTION LOADERS



OS/Platform Packages Version Release Date Linux (32 bits)   tar.gzzip 13.0.2
2023-09-11 Linux (64 bits)   tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Linux Armv7l
(e.g. Raspberry Pi2) (armv7l 32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Linux ARM64
(aarch64 64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC9 (32 bits) tar.gzzip
13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC9 (Non-TS) (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11
Windows VC11 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC11 (Non-TS) (32
bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC11 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2
2023-09-11 Windows VC11 (Non-TS) (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows
VC14 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC14 (Non-TS) (32 bits)
tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC14 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11
Windows VC14 (Non-TS) (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC15 (32
bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC15 (Non-TS) (32 bits) tar.gzzip
13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC15 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows
VC15 (Non-TS) (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC16 (32 bits)
tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC16 (Non-TS) (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2
2023-09-11 Windows VC16 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Windows VC16
(Non-TS) (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 6 (32 bits) tar.gzzip
13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 6 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 7 (32
bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 7 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2
2023-09-11 FreeBSD 8 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 8 (64 bits)
tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 9 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11
FreeBSD 9 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 11 (32 bits) tar.gzzip
13.0.2 2023-09-11 FreeBSD 11 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 OpenBSD 4.5
(32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 OpenBSD 4.6 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2
2023-09-11 OpenBSD 4.7 (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 macOS (32 bits)
tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 macOS (64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 macOS
ARM M1 (arm64 64 bits) tar.gzzip 13.0.2 2023-09-11 Solaris (32 bits) tar.gzzip
13.0.2 2023-09-11



RECENT LOADER CHANGES

2023-09-11 13.0.2 Fix for potential crash if reading a file which from the first
line looks like an encoded file but isn't. M1 loaders for Macs. 2023-08-25
13.0.1 Temporarily removed the new reflection functionality that was introduced
in 13.0.0 due to bug report. 2023-08-24 13.0.0 Includes loaders for PHP 8.2 to
accompany the PHP 8.2 encoder that will be in the forthcoming release of the V13
ionCube PHP Encoder package. Improvement to the handling of PHP's reflection
methods so the files applying reflection do not need to be encoded themselves.
2022-12-22 12.0.5 Fix for not finding files in PHP 8.1 due to not defaulting
back to the current working directory. Fix for crashes occurring due to the
include/require of non-existent files with PHP 8.1. 2022-12-09 12.0.4 Fix for a
failure with ioncube_read_file for PHP before 8.1 where the second parameter was
used. 2022-12-02 12.0.3 This corrects a bug with the 32-bit Loaders which could
cause a crash. This release also fixes a bug with constants in the Windows
Loaders. 2022-09-09 12.0.2 Fixes for bugs to accompany the release of the 12.0.2
Encoder. 2022-08-16 12.0.1 PHP 7.4 and 8.1 loaders for ARM M1-based Macs.
2022-08-12 12.0.1 New loaders including those for PHP 8.1 that can run files
produced by the PHP 8.1 V12 Encoders. 2022-01-12 11.0.1 Fix for an issue where
for classes implementing the Countable interface the count() method might not be
executable. 2022-01-07 11.0.1-beta for macOS M1 The Apple M1 architecture is now
supported, with an initial release of beta Loader version 11.0.1 for PHP 7.4.
2021-10-22 11.0.0 Update for PHP 7.4 encoding with the forthcoming version 11
ionCube PHP Encoder. 2020-11-24 10.4.5 Fix for an issue with constant
expressions involving some unary and binary operators on PHP 7.4. 2020-10-02
10.4.4 Fix for a memory leak with class declarations in the PHP 7.0-7.4 Loaders.
2020-09-08 10.4.3 Fix for a regression in the 10.4.2 PHP 7.4 Loader which could
lead to a zend_mm_heap corrupted error with WHMCS. 2020-09-01 10.4.2 Fix for an
issue with the PHP 7.4 Loader where calling unserialize can result in a crash if
the serialized value contains a class that uses traits with properties.
2020-07-13 10.4.1 Fix for parent classes sometimes not being found in the PHP
7.4 Loader. Fix for incorrect errors arising when a class implemented an
abstract method through a trait in the PHP 7.4 Loader. Corrected build for
Aarch64 PHP 7.4 loaders. 2020-06-29 10.4.0 Loaders for PHP 7.4. These will run
files produced by the PHP 7.1 and 7.2 encoders. Fix for an issue with the
encoded_paths feature in Windows. 2020-02-28 10.4.0 beta 2 Second beta release
of PHP 7.4 Loaders for Linux. These now run both 7.1- and 7.2-encoded files but
do not support IC24. These beta loaders should not be used in a production
environment. 2020-02-27 10.4.0 beta Beta release of PHP 7.4 Loaders for Linux.
At present these only run 7.2-encoded files and should not be used in a
production environment. 2019-10-11 10.3.9 Fix for an issue in the PHP 7.3 Loader
which could cause OPcache to be disabled on unencoded files. Fix for an issue in
the PHP 7.2 and 7.3 Loaders which could give a spurious warning message if a
parameter of a method with a null value overrides a method with a nullable type.
2019-08-23 10.3.8 Fix for a possible crash in the PHP 7.3 Loader when OPcache
was also enabled. Fix for PHP error exceptions not being caught in the PHP 7
Loaders. Fixes for PHP issues 71980, 75396 and 75786. Fix for an incorrect call
order with certain combinations of foreach, finally and exception in the PHP 7.1
Loader. Fix for incorrect line numbers being reported for undefined array index
errors. Fix for a potential memory leak with the encoded paths feature of the
Loader. IC24: Minor bug fixes, improvements and support for future features.
Upgrading to the 10.3.8 Loader is particularly recommended for IC24 users. New
5.4 and 7.2 Loaders custom built for IBM for ppc64le. 2019-06-25 10.3.7 Fix for
a potential segmentation fault in the 10.3.5 and 10.3.6 Loaders when including a
large file defining an array. The Loader version now can be obtained using
phpversion("ionCube Loader"). 2019-06-18 10.3.6 Fix for an issue in the PHP 7.3
Loader where a case within a switch could be triggered even though the variable
in the switch was undefined. Fix for filepaths shown in debug_backtrace and
similar functions being incorrect in some cases in the 10.3.5 Loaders. Fix for
possible segmentation faults in the 10.3.5 Loaders occurring with include file
protection. 2019-06-04 10.3.5 The ionCube Loader now has its own section in the
phpinfo() output. That will include IC24 settings where relevant. Fix for some
memory leaks in PHP 5.6-7.3, particularly when including files in a loop. For
undefined variables in assignments, correction to ensure that the line numbers
in error messages are not mangled when line number obfuscation is not in place.
Fix to ensure that the loader will accept large property values that were
accepted by the Encoder. Fix to ensure that external encoding keys set at
runtime using ini_set would be found. 2019-04-07 10.3.4 This updates Linux x86
32/64 bit Loders only, and fixes corruption of the HTTP_HOST server variable if
it includes a port number, e.g. somedomain.com:1081. There is no change for
other platforms other than the version number for consistency. 2019-04-05 10.3.3
Fix for callback files not being called from bundled encoding files.
Added AArch64 (ARM64) as a new standard platform. 2019-01-02 10.3.2 Fix for a
potential issue with the corruption of included file paths, particularly on
Windows. 2018-12-28 10.3.1 Fix for potential issue running code on PHP 7.1 and
7.2. Enhancement to ionCube 24 support. 2018-12-21 10.3.0 Loaders for PHP 7.3.
Fix for an issue with dynamic properties of classes in PHP 7.1 and 7.2 which are
updated using an "op assign" such as "+=". Improvements, enhancements and
support for future ionCube 24 features. All ionCube 24 users are strongly
encouraged to update to this version. 2018-11-13 10.3.0-beta Beta ionCube
Loaders for PHP 7.3 on Linux and FreeBSD 11. Those can be used with the release
candidate (RC) versions of PHP 7.3.0 on Linux and FreeBSD 11. They can run files
encoded with the version 10 PHP 7.1 and 7.2 Encoders. As with PHP 7.3.0 RC
versions themselves, these loaders should not be used in a production
environment. 2018-11-08 10.2.7 (includes changes for 10.2.6) Fix for potential
fault with thread-safe PHP 7 on Windows. Fixes for ionCube24 support if using
thread safe PHP on Linux and with code calling move_uploaded_file() from PHP 7.
2018-09-28 10.2.5 Fix for an issue with PHP 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 encoding where a
silence operator at the start of an assignment including object instantiation
may cause a segfault. Fix for an issue in PHP 7.1 and 7.2 where the values of
generator parameters may not be found if a generator is closed and then later
opened again. Fix corresponding to that for PHP bug 76534
(https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76534). 2018-07-27 10.2.4 Added FreeBSD 11,
both 32 and 64 bit, as new standard platforms. IC24: Fix for a possible crash in
PHP 7 when an attempt is made to open a file on a path in the trusted include
paths list and the file does not actually exist. 2018-07-18 10.2.3 Fix for
possible memory leak with closures in the PHP 7.0-7.2 loaders. Fix for
obfuscated versions of built-in functions not being found in thread-safe PHP
7.0-7.2. Fix for possible invalid memory access when a generator is unset or
otherwise terminates prematurely in PHP 7.1 and 7.2. Fix for possible
segmentation fault when running PHP 5.0-encoded files on 5.4-5.6. 2018-06-22
10.2.2 Fix for a crash that could occur when using cloned objects in PHP
versions prior to 7.0. Fix for a crash occurring when using dynamic key
functions with arguments for PHP versions prior to 7.0. Fix for a crash that
could occur when using the allow-reflection options (not including the
allow-reflection-all option). Fix for a crash that could occur for dynamically
defined functions (such as defined within if-statements) in PHP 7.0-7.2.
Correction for memory leaks occurring as a result of method calls in the PHP
7.0-7.2 Loaders. 2018-05-03 10.2.1 Fix for a crash that could occur if there was
a mismatch between a parent method signature and a child method signature.
Improvements to memory consumption. 2018-03-07 10.2.0 Loaders for PHP 7.2
encoding produced by the new 10.2 Encoders. Fix for an issue in the PHP 7.1 and
7.2 Loaders whereby a return type could cause referenced parameters to break.
Fix corresponding to the fix for PHP bug 69676
(https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69676). 2018-01-17 10.1.1 Fix for a fault in
the PHP 7.0 Loader that could occur where a function was called with more
arguments than in its definition.
Changes made corresponding to the fix for PHP bug number 74862 for PHP versions
7.1.13 and PHP 7.2.1.
Improved error message when the user is attempting to run a 5.6 or earlier
encoded script on PHP 7.1 or later. 2017-12-14 10.1.0 Loaders for PHP 7.2.
Support for bundled encodings, a feature that will be included in a minor update
of the version 10 Encoder.
Improvements to error messages produced when a 7.1-encoded file is read by a
Loader for an earlier version of PHP.
Fix for an issue whereby private methods could be wrongly overridden with
inheritance and dynamic decoding.
IC24: Notices plus strict and deprecated warnings are no longer reported if they
are masked by @ or the error reporting level. 2017-11-01 10.0.4 Fix for issue in
PHP 5.5 and 5.6 where a crash could occur under certain conditions. IC24
improvements. 2017-09-26 10.0.3 Fix for issue in PHP 7.1 where getting the
default values of parameters can randomly fail. Fix for issue in PHP 7.1 where
an array value could be assigned to the next element where the array has "holes"
i.e. numeric indexes of the array that do not have values. Fix for issue in PHP
7.1 where a call to a stored procedure can lead to an incorrect "unbuffered
queries are active" error. Improvement to the error message produced by the PHP
7.1 Loader when encountering a file not produced by the PHP 7.1 Encoder. IC24:
New ic24.sec.initial_state ini option to configure whether security is enabled
or not upon cache creation. IC24: New ic24.sec.initial_action ini option to
determine how new and modified files should be treated when about to execute.
IC24: New ic24.sec.initial_notify ini option to flag whether a notification
should be generated when execution is attempted of a new or modified file. Other
IC24 improvements. 2017-09-11 10.0.2 Fix for issue where, with the PHP 7.0 and
7.1 Loaders, reading unencoded files on Windows could crash. Fix for issue with
the PHP 7.1 Loader where a crash may occur when running a function to generate a
dynamic key. 2017-08-31 10.0.1 Fix for issue where a primary script with an
external key that is obtained via a URL will fail. Fix for issue where, if an
external key is set in two separate license files with the same property but
different values, then decoding will fail. Fix for issue where setting encoded
paths could lead to segmentation faults in some cases on PHP 7.0 and 7.1.
2017-08-02 10.0.0 Loader 10.0.0 released. These are loaders to run files
produced by the forthcoming version 10 ionCube PHP Encoder. Included are loaders
for PHP 7.1. Those will only run files produced by the version 10 encoder for
PHP 7.1. 2017-05-24 6.1.0 Loader 6.1.0 released. Fix for issue related to use of
include file protection combined with a callback file. Fix for issue where
setting encoded paths can lead to segmentation faults on PHP 7 in some cases.
IC24: Support for the ioncube24 part of the Loader on PHP 7.0 IC24: Switch to a
single cache file. IC24: Internal changes to support future features and
enhancements. 2017-01-26 6.0.9 Loader 6.0.9 released which fixes an issue where,
in PHP 7.0, an "Unsupported constant expression" error occurs rather than the
correct execution of the script. 2016-12-15 6.0.8 Loader 6.0.8 released which
fixes an issue where, in PHP 7.0, a dynamic key on a method could wrongly lead
to a call from that method to a private method being prevented. 2016-12-02 6.0.7
Fix for three issues. Firstly, for the incorrect registration of certain Loader
ini settings. Secondly, for the getFileName reflection API function sometimes
producing a crash in the PHP 7 Loader. Lastly, for a build issue with the PHP
5.2 and below loaders. 2016-10-24 6.0.6 Loader 6.0.6 has been released to
complement upcoming Encoder release 9.0.4. The new Encoder and Loader provide a
fix for PHP 5.6 encoding where instances of __DIR__ and __FILE__ were not
converted properly to the location of the encoded file at runtime. 2016-10-07
6.0.5 Fix for an issue with the PHP 7 Loader where nested encapsulated strings
may cause a fault. 2016-09-23 6.0.4 Fix for an issue with the PHP 7 Loader
where, if a conditionally defined function was protected by a dynamic key, then
the dynamic key may not be found. 2016-09-19 6.0.3 Fix for issue with the PHP 7
Loader if, in the original 5.6 code, a function parameter had the form

($param)

i.e. a variable with an extra pair of brackets around it. 2016-09-16 6.0.2 Fix
for possible crash with obfuscated functions on PHP 7. 2016-09-15 6.0.1 Support
for PHP 7. The new PHP 7 ionCube Loaders will run files produced by the version
9 PHP 5.6 Encoder. 2016-03-22 5.1.2 ionCube24 Fix for potential issue with over
3000 cache entries. 2016-02-07 5.1.1 ionCube24 New feature for realtime
reporting of PHP errors and uncaught exceptions to ionCube24. 2016-01-26 5.0.23
ionCube24 Resolve link issue with some Linux setups. 2016-01-20 5.0.22 ionCube24
Added missing dependency on Linux rt library. 2016-01-19 5.0.21 ionCube24 Fix
for possible incorrect behaviour when accessing a server from the ionCube24
interface when ionCube24 is fully activated. ionCube24 Fix for potential issue
with large cache sizes. 2016-01-16 5.0.20 Fix for potential issue with
obfuscation of unqualified function names used within a namespace.
PDF User Guide now included. ionCube24 Fix for issue with symlinks used within a
trusted include path.
ionCube24 Enhanced healing when PHP is unstable.
ionCube24 php.ini option to block or allow scripts via stdin.
ionCube24 Ability to protect only the domains configured within the ionCube24
interface rather than all domains.
2015-10-19 5.0.19 ionCube24 update to avoid potential unnecessary notification.
2015-9-14 5.0.18 Fix for possible false alert of a new file being blocked with
ionCube24. 2015-9-9 5.0.17 Fix for issue with 64-bit Windows loaders. 2015-8-27
5.0.16 Fix for rare ionCube24 issue preventing interaction with the ionCube24
control panel on some systems. 2015-8-19 5.0.15 Corrected handling for PHP 5.6
magic method, __debugInfo.
Fix for memory corruption issue for thread-safe PHP when running unencoded
files.
Improvement in handling of empty arrays in PHP 5.6 with pre-5.6 encoded files.
2015-7-29 5.0.14 Fix for issue with previous release. 2015-7-28 5.0.13 New
ionCube24 php.ini option ic24.sec.trusted_include_paths for trusting dynamically
created include files (see User Guide for details) plus enhancement for
processing pre 5.6 encoded files on PHP 5.6. 2015-7-13 5.0.12 Fix for problem
caused by a large number of network aliases on a system. 5.0.11 No release.
2015-6-22 5.0.10 Fix for an undefined symbol occurring with the PHP 5.3 Loaders.
2015-6-19 5.0.9 Fix for issue where if a reference variable was used as a
non-referenced lexical variable in a closure then memory corruption would occur.
2015-6-16 5.0.8 Fix for issue calling ioncube_server_data() or
ioncube_write_file() from a function producing a dynamic key.
Fix for problem sending ionCube24 notifications with some configurations.
Internal changes related to future ionCube 24 features. 2015-5-22 5.0.7
Workaround for an issue that prevented the Loader starting when XCache is
installed.
Fix for possible crash if a corrupt license is processed. 2015-5-18 5.0.6 Fix
for ionCube24 notifications not being delivered with PHP 5.6 (Linux only).
2015-5-15 5.0.5 Fix for failure in Windows 64 bit Loader.
Fix for Windows Loader not recognising PHP 5.6 encoded files from Encoder 9.0.
2015-5-8 5.0.4 Fix for potentially excessive memory usage. Updating recommended.
2015-5-4 5.0.3 (Linux) ionCube24 Trustpoint is now enabled by default and set to
the current time when first initialising ionCube 24 on a server. 2015-5-2 5.0.2
minor update in version 9 support. 5.0.1 No release. 2015-4-27 5.0.0 support for
running files produced by the ionCube version 9 PHP Encoder.



IBM POWER SYSTEMS



The older archive, version 6.0.9, includes ionCube Loaders for PHP 5.6 and PHP
7.0 only.

The newer archive, version 10.3.8, includes ionCube Loaders for PHP 5.4 and PHP
7.2 only.

OS/Platform Packages Version Release Date Linux ppc64el for PHP 5.6 &
7.0tar.gzzip 6.0.9 2017-03-13 Linux ppc64el for PHP 5.4 & 7.2tar.gzzip 10.3.8
2019-08-07



LEGACY LOADER PACKAGES



Please note: The following packages are no longer being maintained are provided
for legacy use.

OS/Platform Packages Version Release Date Windows VC6 (32 bits) tar.gzzip 4.0.7
2011-2-21 Windows VC6 (Non-TS) (32 bits) tar.gzzip 4.0.7 2011-2-21 FreeBSD 4 (32
bits) tar.gzzip 4.4.4 2013-10-15 Solaris (sparc 32 bits) tar.gzzip 4.0.10
2011-8-16


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