upgrade ionCube loader to 4.4.1 causes webmail issues?

[Namesonic]

OS Linux 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.x86_64
Panel version 10.4.4 Update #55

We upgraded to the latest ionCube 4.4.1 loader and did so by replacing the .so loader files in

/usr/lib64/php/modules/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so

with a recent download of the latest version. Immediately, ionCube started working with the latest version but suddenly the horde webmail server went down with a "connection was reset" message and on the server we're getting "exit signal Segmentation fault (11)" in the /var/log/httpd/error_log

Any ideas how to resurrect the webmail server?

We also notice another ioncube loader in the sw-engine folder. Does this file need to be updated as well? Does the server need to be restarted?

/usr/lib64/php/modules/sw-engine/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so

Whats the proper method for upgrading ionCube loader?

 

[InderS]

Can you please let me know which PHP version you have installed on your server ?

php -v

 

[Namesonic]

I don't think apache was restarted after the change but perhaps both files should be replaced?

We replaced the file with the original and restarted apache now the old PHP loader is back. Will try this again off-peak.

PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Jul 12 2013 20:35:47) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.7, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by ionCube Ltd.

 

[Namesonic]

Simply replaced /usr/lib64/php/modules/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so with the new file (didn't touch the one in the sw-engine folder, that's for the panel pages?) and restarted the webserver.

PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Jul 12 2013 20:35:47) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with the ionCube PHP Loader v4.4.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2013, by ionCube Ltd.

New ionCube PHP Loader, old ionCube encoded scripts, and webmail all functioning properly, no reboot necessary!