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Hi, I've just worked around activating ionCube PHP loader files on a shared host who wouldn't load the files on the server, or edit the PHP.INI file for me...

Here's how to do it:

1) Upload the ionCube files to the top of your user directory (level above your WWW or public_html directory)
2) Create new or edit existing .htaccess file
3) Create line in the .htaccess file: php_value zend_extension <path>/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so

( NB: <path> should be replaced with the path to the loader file, eg: /usr/home/ioncube/ioncube_loader_etc... )

This tells the server to change the php_value for your site even without access to the PHP.INI file... Works a charm, and means you can host JReviews on any host without having to have them actively install ionCube (which many won't...)

Hope it helps,
Steph.

I just uploaded the Ioncube folder to the www dir, seems to work.

Is it important to edit the .htaccess file?

stephfox

The .htaccess workaround for ioncube worked like a charm.

Thanks! Great tip.

I have uploaded the ioncube to public_html or www folder. Will it not work there?

I have checked the ioncube helper file, and it seems to work.

Do I have to change the .htaccess file? and if I do, can someone please post the code that I should add here, but in a format like below:

Code:

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<start>the actual code</end>
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Thanks, Frenchtowner

can't find the htaccess file...how do I create a new one?

mmh...I realized that being hosted for free in awardspace is probably making me impossible to install and make it work ioncube, even with the cool trick explained above: does anybody know if i can install ioncube on a free account on awardspace?

I don't know, but you might be asking for too much  :-\

I solved the problem, now ioncube is installed and working, and jreviews module appears...I just need to put my trial license key somewhere, since everytime I try to perfor some operations appear a message requesting my key: where do I find my trial license key and how do I upload it?

Thanks again

well...ioncube is not probably perfect installed...I do see the modules in the front-end, but when I go in the back end, click on components---jreviews---component & management....again the same problem, ion cube looks not installed...is getting hard to make this work...

for my godaddy server in the root as far up as they allow my ftp client to go and i edit the htaccess with the following and it takes down the site !


so it doesnt at all work like a charm for me

my website structure is that i have a joomla install in the root with an htaccess file

can anyone help for some reason the ioncube helper file cant run

Do you know if you can use a custom php.ini file? Because that's how most users are getting this to work. You put the file in the /administrator folder with the zend_extension path to the ionCube loader. There are other posts describing this.