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When trying out this component, I realized that it uses the Ioncube encrypter. My hosting service, GoDaddy, didn't have this on their servers, BUT I did have my local php.ini file, so here's what I did to get this working:

Log into your back-end, go to System > System Info and go to the PHP Info tab.

What you need from here are:

PHP Version: (Self explanatory) ex. 4.3.11

System: (What's your server running?) ex. Linux linhost258.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: (What's the path to your root?) ex. /home/content/e/x/a/example/html/php.ini

Thread Safety: (Is it disabled?) ex. disabled

Armed with this information hop on over to http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php and download the zip for your server. In the example it was running Linux so I downloaded the Linux (x86) package. (You might want to download the Linux (x86-64) package as well, even though for me, the server was running on an x86 platform.)

Unzip the file you just got and look for the file that corresponds to your PHP Version.
ex. ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so - for our example above. Don't worry about the .11, just the two first numbers are fine.
IF Thread Safety is enabled for some reason, choose the ioncube_loader_lin_4.3_ts.so file.

Fire up your FTP app and make a directory called ioncube, and place your file in there. Next download the php.ini file that is there, we're going to modify it.

Open up your php.ini file with any text editor (wordpad). You should see something like this towards the end:

[Zend]
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/4_3/ZendOptimizer.so


Add in zend_extension=/path/nameoffile

Using our example, I added in:

[Zend]
zend_extension=/home/content/e/x/a/example/html/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/4_3/ZendOptimizer.so

Save the file, upload it (either delete the php.ini file that is there and upload this one or replace it) and go back to your back-end, System > System Info, and to your PHP Info tab. Refresh it if you didn't close your browser. You should now see:

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies with the ionCube PHP Loader v3.1.28, Copyright (c) 2002-2007, by ionCube Ltd., and with Zend Extension Manager v1.0.10, Copyright (c) 2003-2006, by Zend Technologies with Zend Optimizer v3.0.1, Copyright (c) 1998-2006, by Zend Technologies

Or something similar under Registered PHP Streams and above Configuration. Scroll all the way to the bottom and look at the Additional Modules section. You should see ionCube Loader in there.

If you see this, then ioncube is being loaded and that part of the requirements for JReview are satisfied.

If not, make sure you wrote the path correctly, uploaded the correct php.ini file, try other files (maybe your page is hosted on a x86-64 or even a GASP! PPC), other normal troubleshooting.

Good luck!

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Hi ChaosKnign,

Thanks for this tip.

I'm also on Linux hosting with GoDaddy, but in order to get Ioncube installed I used a setup application (NOT a zip file) from the IonCube site (the file was called 'ioncube_loaders_setup').

Instead of touching my php.ini file I just used this automatic installer; I'm wondering if you can tell me if your way is perhaps 'better'..

I just installed IonCube and jReviews on a GoDaddy shared linux plan and used the X86 installer found at:

http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php

Worked just fine!

Hi edwardspek,

Sorry for the delay in responding, I don't check these forums that often unless I have a prob/question with my JReviews install.

From what I remember, that install is a .php you access directly off your browser and it goes off and does everything for you. I'm pretty sure it does exactly the same thing I did, but just automated it. I'm a bit anal when it comes to installing stuff and I'd rather place everything by hand in case installers like to add other crap in there.

I wouldn't say the aforementioned method is 'better' in any way. Just the manual way of doing it. =)

I'm glad this worked out for both of ya'll.

K-9

Hello,
 I am having trouble install the ioncube, I follow your instruction on how to do it on Godaddy servers but I still can't get anywhere with this! Do you guys wanted to see my php.ini file? I don't know where I am going wrong with this? could someone help me out? I am running Joomla 1.0.13
Thank You
Ruben

Hello,
 Ok, I think I found my problem? When I first install ioncuble I used the installer like the last person but I was using the installer Linux x86-63  and I need the file "ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so" to load on the Godaddy server but the file in this section had a size of 305kb which seem good to me. The next thing I did was to try and upload it by hand ! Like the first person ! so what I did was download the zip x86 and what I notice was the file I need "ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so" was in the size of 286kb which seem different from the first file I loaded. When I load this file I got this to load good ! here is a screenshot of the window which I attach with this posting and it is call ioncubeBamdingo(http://www.bamdingo.com/iocubeBamdingo.bmp). Now this tells me that everything seem to load up right??? I am not to sure about this also because I went under system info -> PhP tab and I did see that it was using the ioncube, so the next thing I did was try to open Jreview components but no instead of saying I needed the ioncube, I am getting a error! I have also attach this!(http://www.bamdingo.com/TroublejReviews.bmp)
Could someone tell me what am I doing wrong?
Thank You
Ruben

You installed and are tring to open the jReviewsEverywhere Addon Component without having installed the jReviews component which is required since it's the main application.

Hello,
 I am a bit confused? I went into the client area and download the following from your site: "com_jreviews_fireboard_1202_build20070814.zip", "jreviews_1207_FULL_unzipfirst_build20071103.zip", and "jreviewseverywhere_1207_unzipfirst_build20071103.zip" Now I made three folders call jReviews_Full, jReviewEverywhere, and jReview_fireboard. The next step was to unzip the "jreviews_1207_FULL_unzipfirst_build20071103.zip" and used the backend of Joomla to upload the component call "com_jreviews_1207_FULL_build20071104.zip" which I did and now getting this error. I have never load jReview on the server so this should be a fresh install. Do I have to download the trial first? and upload it to the server? and then load this component? Let me know? I am very confused?
Thank You
Ruben

The error tells me you are trying to open the jReviewsEverywhere component and not jReviews. The main component is this one: com_jreviews_1207_FULL_build20071104.zip. What menus do you have? Did you install both the component above and the jreviewseverywhere one? It's really not complicated at all. You need to install jReviews first. If you send me access to your site via ticket I can check what you have done.

Hello,
 I don't understand this?? I been trying to upload that component but it seem that it didn't wanted to work. Now I didn't it again now it is working! I am very confused why it didn't wanted to work in the first place? and now it is! I just submit the key and I guess I have to wait for a email.
Thank You
Ruben

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regards
Glenn

Please can anyone help, I'm just about to kill my computer. I have arrived here via google, and it seems you guys are a lot closer to solving or having solved my problem.

I can not get Ioncube to run. I have installed a component called dsc_flashgames and when trying to run it, it displays the usual message of "requires Ioncube loader......"

I have attempted every method I have found in various posts, but no luck.

I have a linux deluxe hosting plan with godaddy

I have installed Joomla! 1.0.12 Stable [ Sunfire [eCommerce Edition] ]

I have PHP version 5.2.5

I have created a directory called Ioncube, and have tried having the " ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so" file one at a time from each of the different linux versions available (as I can not actually workout which linux version I'm hosted on). They have not automatically loaded, as after reading posts later; according to the posts I read Godaddy does not allow runtime for security reasons.

I then tried the automatic loaders on the ioncube site, where you enter your ftp info and it uploads for you. I have also tried this with 5.2 from each linux version. No luck

I could not find a php.ini file anywhere (or anything similiar) so I created one with the appropriate "zend..." info posted here, and directed it to my ioncube file. Should I have definately had the php.ini file to start with?This didn't work, even though it was in the correct folder according to my Joomla settings, so I then copied it into every directory, still didn't work.

I then read another post which mentioned that godaddy's php.ini file was now recognised as php5.ini, so I deleted the surplus php.ini files and tried the same as before with just a single php5.ini file, but no luck, so then copied the file into every directory.

I really do not have a clue what to do now. I seem to have tried every possible variation.

When I made my site SEF I renamed my htaccess file and it didn't work initially, as Godaddy cache's this file and it took around an hour to kick in. Is it possible they do the same thing with php5.ini file?



If anyone could help, I would be soooooooooooo grateful

Also, contacted Godaddy support, I can not stress enough how incredibly unhelpful they were, and if I was choosing a new hosting company it would not be them.

The only thing I can recommend to you is to switch hosts as soon as possible. You shouldn't have to put up with bad support.

I'm also using godaddy and I tried the self installer but I still had problems getting jreviews to work. I added the following line to the php.ini file

rg_emulation=off
extension_dir = ./
zend_extension = /home/content/f/p/p/yourdomain/html/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

But it still did not work. FINALLY I realized that I upgraded my godaddy hosting plan to php 5, and I renamed the default php.ini file to php5.ini and uploaded it to the root directory. That fixed the problem and jreviews is working.  ;D (pls note I kept the orginal php.ini file... just in case)

I have been reading your directions on JReviews and adjusting the php.ini file to allow for godaddy hosting to work with it and I have a question in that vein for you. I am trying to install Viral Inviter on my website and am having trouble getting it to work and am willing to pay you for a JING video of you installing it for me. Sound appealling? I hope so. I'm about to pull my hair out. Let me know and I will gladly send you a paypal check, etc.
Thanks,
Gavin King

Three hours of troubleshooting!  Thank you so much for this post!!!!

I changed the php.ini filename to php5.ini and it worked beautifully! Thank you so much again.

Godaddy shared server hosting with Joomla 1.5

Thanks in advance with this post, brilliant.

Having a wierd problem. I have downloaded my PHP.ini file and all I see in it is this:

rg_emulation=off

Nothing else, is there an issue with this. I have used two different ftp clients, and also used the ftp client in godaddys control panel, but it says the same as well.

Anyone run into this problem.

Justin

Justin I don't think there's anything wrong. You need to add the extra lines.

Thank, I was just about to try that when you replied, just added the lines and it worked as planned. Thanks again.

I am having some very similar problems.  I am sorry if I have overlooked this, Ive looked over this thread many times.  I am hosting with Godaddy Linux.  I have PHP 5.2.5 and I have followed all the original steps listed by the first post.  I have done everything manually but when I got the part where I needed to edit the php.ini file it is not there.  Should it be?  Or do I need to create it?  Any advice would be very helpful.

if it's not there you need to create it. Sometimes you have to name it php5.ini

To check if the file is being used at all you go to phpinfo in Joomla help, system info and find the php.ini path that is being used.

I have tried to do this via the runtime because im running the cheap hosying on godaddy and i cant edit my php.ini, or it isnt there etc...


but the runtime doesnt work i get the following error when trying the help file
I am really fed up with how hard this is to install, i have lost hours so far and as ioncube has different methods none of which are explained to a non server engineer. i.e. the php.ini editing why is the file not there, can i add it to any folder to overide settings ??
thanks for help I'd really like to get my site live

You can no longer use runtime loading with php5, so unless your host has ionCube already running you must edit the php.ini file.

The link below as a simple summary of what you need to do. If you have any questions let me know.

http://www.dart-creations.com/the-joomla-blog/blog/godaddy-ioncube-problem.html

Please upgrade your forum account to match your client area account for better support in the forum.

Please upgrade your forum account to match your client area account for better support in the forum.

- how can I do this thanks.

Edit your profile -> Account Related Settings, and change the email address (use the same as in client area)