If you’re developing or using any PHP applications that need to be secured, you may want to install ionCube Loader… ionCube Loader can be used to encode and secure PHP files…
It’s mostly used with commercial PHP applications to provide another layer of security in an unpredictable world of website security…. On Linux systems including Ubuntu, it’s installed on the webserver (Physical) and made available to PHP configuration…
This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to download and install ionCube Loader on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 server with PHP 7.1 / 7.2 installed.