simple! This is because the you have a 32 bit machine and trying to install a package which belongs to a 64 bit machine!
Download this installer and try installing http://downloads2.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz Code (markup):
I have done this but i have a problem of editing php.ini because the other version is still installed.
would be good if i new a thing about linux. root@cserver1 [~]# tar zfx ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz root@cserver1 [~]# mv ioncube /usr/local mv: cannot move `ioncube' to a subdirectory of itself, `/usr/local/ioncube' root@cserver1 [~]# php -i | grep php.ini Failed loading /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/lib Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/lib/php.ini