IonCube Loader is a software tool, which is needed to run files that are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app that is used to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or illegal use. Numerous script-driven apps, especially discussion boards, content management systems and electronic commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you get a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment prerequisites, you need to ensure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Although it's not that difficult to install it if you have your own server, it's close to impossible to do that on a shared hosting server due to the fact that the PHP environment should be precompiled and all the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Hosting

IonCube Loader is provided with all the hosting packages which we offer, so when you require it to install and execute a script application that needs it, you can activate it with a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you'll be able to switch the PHP version that's active for your account in the same section, you will have to activate the tool for every new version which you set. In case you are more skillful, you can take advantage of a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the entire account. In this way you are able to run both new and older script apps for multiple sites in the same account - something that you won't be able to do with various other website hosting service providers out there.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

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