STEP 1 :
Dowload phpinfo.php. Upload it to your document root in ASCII mode. Access it lik -
http://yoursite.com/phpinfo.php
Note the ‘System’ information at the top of the page carefully.

It tells the operating system and microprocessor information. It is Linux and i686 in the shown example.
STEP 2:
Download ioncube loaders from
http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
According to the system shown in the example, I [...]