IonCube Loader is a software instrument, which is required to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and / or not authorized usage. Plenty of script-driven apps, particularly discussion forums, cms and electronic commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, therefore when you acquire a script and you notice that ionCube is one of the web hosting environment requirements, you should ensure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. While it is not that hard to install it if you have your own server, it is close to impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server since the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting

IonCube Loader is supplied with each cloud website hosting that we offer and you are able to activate it at any time with only a couple of clicks, so you'll be able to work with script apps that require it. You're able to do that through the PHP Configuration area of your Hepsia Control Panel and all it'll take to enable or deactivate ionCube is to click a single button. The change will take effect in a minute, therefore you will be able to proceed and set up the application that you need right away. The same section allows you to switch the PHP release which is active for your account, because we support multiple releases on our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform. If you move to a version that you have never used to date, you will have to enable ionCube Loader once again. More advanced users will be able to use a php.ini file in a particular domain folder in order to set a PHP version different from the one for the whole account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Every single semi-dedicated server account which is generated on our modern cloud web hosting platform includes ionCube Loader support, which means that you will be able to install any script application that requires the software tool. Then employ it to launch and maintain your internet presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration area of the Control Panel and it will take you only a couple of clicks to do that. The change will take effect right away, which means that you will be able to go ahead and set up the needed script in your account. If you decide to switch the PHP version that's active for the account, you should enable ionCube for the new release too. Our in-house built platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each and every domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you will be able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.