IonCube Loader is a tool, that's required to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering or not authorized usage. Many script-driven apps, particularly message boards, content management systems and electronic commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, so when you get a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment requirements, you need to ensure that your website hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it's not that difficult to install it when you have your own server, it is close to impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment should be precompiled and all clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Shared Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is provided with all of the shared web hosting plans that we provide, so any time you require it in order to install and run some script app that requires it, you can activate it with a click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you can change the PHP release that is active for your account from the same section, you need to enable the instrument for any new version that you set. If you are more skillful, you will be able to employ a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for this particular website only, without affecting the whole account. In this way you are able to operate both new and older script apps for multiple sites in the same account - something that you can't do with a lot of other website hosting providers on the market.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Due to the fact that all the semi-dedicated server accounts are set up on our advanced cluster platform and ionCube Loader is available on it, you will be able to use any script application that requires this tool so as to function efficiently. With several clicks in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel you're able to activate or deactivate ionCube for the PHP version that is currently active for your account. As we support a couple of versions of PHP concurrently, you'll need to do this any time you switch to a new version, and when you revert back to a version which you've already used, our system will remember your preference and ionCube Loader will already be activated. In case you have a couple of websites inside the same account and they need different versions of PHP, you are able to create a php.ini file in every single domain folder and with several lines of code you are able to define both the PHP version plus the status of ionCube no matter what is selected for the hosting account as a whole.