Thank you for your rude reply.  I am neither a dev, nor staff of any kind.  Just someone willing to help you out.  If you have over 40 years of doing this, fix it yourself, and don't come on a forum begging for answers.  After all, you're smart enough to manually install ioncube yourself...
If you're reporting a bug, that different.  But DO NOT get condescending with people who are simply asking for more information/ giving advice.  Good luck to you.