====== GoDaddy Ioncube Installation ======

These steps will help you set up Ioncube with GoDaddy. 

1. Ftp into your account and create a new file: 
  * php.ini - If you are running php 4
  * php5.ini - If you are running php 5
**Only create this file if it doesn't exist**


2. Next visit your website in a browser and visit:
<nowiki>http://yoursite.com/ioncube/ioncube-loader-helper.php?page=install-assistant</nowiki>

Once this page loads you should see a section that says:
php.ini file - /home/content/f/l/y/website/html/php5.ini

The full path is what we need for the next step. 

3. Now open the .ini file we created in step one.  If the file is blank add: 
<code>
zend_extension = /replace/with/your/path/from/step2/html/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
</code>

If the file is not blank add that same line above just below the [Zend] line. 

===== Resources =====
  * [[http://help.godaddy.com/topic/423/article/1467 | GoDaddy Knowledge Base Article]]
  * [[http://forum.ioncube.com/viewtopic.php?t=1481 | Ioncube Forum Thread]]