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.