Sometimes a fresh new day brings the solution. RTFM.
Here’s a more detailed explanation (Thanks to Dave for the encouragement).
Here’s what I should have said:
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Before doing anything else go to the Ioncube Loader product page:
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Then from that page you need to download the .zip file containing the file loader-wizard.php.
You may use wget from an SSH session to download the file. i.e.
wget https://www.ioncube.com/loader-wizard/loader-wizard.zip
2a. Don’t forget to unzip that .zip archive. It will create a sub directory called ‘ioncube’ which contains 2 files. You only need to be concerned with loader-wizard.php which you can copy (cp) to your web site. This file should be placed anywhere in your web site or under public_html.
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From your web browser point to that file. i.e. http://mywebsite.com/loader-wizard.php
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You should be presented with a page generated by loader-wizard.php which explains exactly what needs to be carried out for your system.
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That’s it. Any encoded php file should now be executed successfully.
All the best,
Edward