Installing PHPShield Loaders - PHP5.2.x Server

PHPShield is an application that is used to protect the code in a 2 core files within PHPmotion. In order for PHPmotion to run, your server will need to have the PHPShield loaders correctly installed.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to do this on a server that is running PHP5.2.x

Please note, you can only follow these instructions if you have a Dedicated Server or a VPS (with root access)

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Step 1 - Login to your server

Using an ssh client like putty, login in to your server as root.

Step 2 - Check your servers PHP version

You do this by typing the command

Step 2 - Check your system architecture

You do this by typing the command



The result will either be i386 or x86_64. You will need this information to download the correct PHPshield loaders

Step 3 - Check your PHP extensions_directory

You do this by typing the command



you will get a path something like /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613. Now enter this directory



note: use your own directoy path in the command above

Step 4 - Download PHPshield Loaders

You must first delete any loaders that may already be in your extensions directory



You must now download the appropriate PHPshield loader, based on your system architecture. below is a list of the files we have available for download

Operating System	Server Architecture	Download Command
Linux (Centos, Fedora etc)	i386	wget http://downloads.phpmotion.com/phpshield-loaders/32bit/phpshield.5.2.lin
Linux (Centos, Fedora etc)	x86_64	wget http://downloads.phpmotion.com/phpshield-loaders/64bit/phpshield.5.2.lin

now run the appropriate command from the table above. An example is shown below

Step 5 - Restart you web server

Restart your Web Server (e.g. apache) using the command below (or similar)



If you get an error like service httpd not found, you can try the following





Thats it, you can now continue with the rest of your PHPmotion installation