                      The ionCube Loader 

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This package contains:



* the latest available Loaders for the platform(s) selected



* a Loader Wizard script to assist with Loader installation (loader-wizard.php)



* the License document for use of the Loader and encoded files (LICENSE)





INSTALLATION

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** Installing to a remote SHARED server



1. Upload the contents of this package to a directory/folder called ioncube

   within your main web scripts area. 



2. Launch the Loader Wizard script in your browser. For example:

     http://yourdomain/ioncube/loader-wizard.php



If the wizard is not found, carefully check the location where you uploaded

the Loaders and the wizard script to on your server.





** Installing to a remote UNIX/LINUX DEDICATED or VPS server



1. Upload the contents of this package to /usr/local/ioncube



2. Copy the loader-wizard.php script to the root web directory of a 

   configured domain on the server



2. Launch the Loader Wizard script in your browser. For example:

     http://yourdomain/loader-wizard.php





** Installing to a remote WINDOWS DEDICATED or VPS server



1. Upload the contents of this package to C:\windows\system32



2. Copy the loader-wizard.php script to the root web folder of a 

   configured domain on the server



2. Launch the Loader Wizard script in your browser. For example:

     http://yourdomain/loader-wizard.php





XCACHE and XDEBUG

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If you wish to enable *both* XCache and Xdebug whilst running the Loader, please

use XCache as an ordinary extension rather than a Zend engine extension. That

is, install XCache using the following line in the ini file and with xcache.so

in the extensions directory:  



extension = xcache.so



If you are only running XCache then it can be installed as a Zend engine 

extension when the Loader is also installed.





Copyright (c) 2002-2011 ionCube Ltd.                  Last revised 21-Jan-2011

