ionCube not loading on PHP 7.4

[webfrequent-de]

Unfortunately the software I need to run is not available for PHP8 and is currently running the 7.3 version on 7.4 ionCube & PHP.

I am trying to move it to a LAMP stack but it fails loading the extension.

php.ini

zend_extension=/app/data/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.4.so

log on starting

Jan 21 13:11:56 ==> Do not override existing index file
Jan 21 13:11:56 ==> PHP version set to 7.4
Jan 21 13:11:56 ==> Source custom startup script
Jan 21 13:11:56 ==> Creating credentials.txt
Jan 21 13:11:57 ==> Starting Lamp stack
Jan 21 13:11:57 PHP Fatal error: [ionCube Loader] The Loader must appear as the first entry in the php.ini file in Unknown on line 0

Also without loading it in php.ini phpinfo does not show it is loaded.

[girish]

@webfrequent-de This looks like a packaging bug, investigating.

[girish]

@webfrequent-de I have fixed this in the latest packages. You have to update all the way up to version 3.0.3. You can also remove the custom zend_extension you have added.

[webfrequent-de]

Confirm it is working.

Thanks for the fast response and fix