gistfile1.sh

$ ls -al /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 16 14:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 16 13:19 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 Jul 16 13:19 10-pdo.ini -> ../mods-available/pdo.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 Jul 16 13:19 20-curl.ini -> ../mods-available/curl.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   24 Jul 16 13:20 20-gd.ini -> ../mods-available/gd.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   30 Jul 16 13:19 20-memcache.ini -> ../mods-available/memcache.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 Jul 16 13:20 20-mysqli.ini -> ../mods-available/mysqli.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27 Jul 16 13:20 20-mysql.ini -> ../mods-available/mysql.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   31 Jul 16 13:20 20-pdo_mysql.ini -> ../mods-available/pdo_mysql.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 Jul 16 14:59 20-xdebug.ini -> ../mods-available/xdebug.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 Jul 16 13:19 20-xsl.ini -> ../mods-available/xsl.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   43 Jul 16 14:49 ioncube-loader.ini -> /etc/php5/mods-available/ioncube-loader.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   58 Sep 21  2012 mcrypt.ini

$ php --ini
PHP Fatal error:  [ionCube Loader] The Loader must appear as the first entry in the php.ini file in Unknown on line 0

$ sudo mv /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/ioncube-loader.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/10-ioncube-loader.ini

$ php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php5/cli
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php5/cli/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/10-ioncube-loader.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/10-pdo.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-gd.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-memcache.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysql.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysqli.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-pdo_mysql.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-xdebug.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-xsl.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini