IonCube Loader is a software tool, that's necessary to run files which are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and / or not authorized use. A large number of script-driven applications, especially forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you acquire a script and you notice that ionCube is among the hosting environment requirements, you should make sure that your hosting server has the tool pre-installed. While it's not that hard to install it when you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all of the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all of the shared hosting packages that we supply, so when you need it in order to install and run a script application which needs it, you can enable it with a click inside the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Due to the fact that you can change the PHP version that is active for your account from the same section, you'll need to enable the instrument for each new version that you set. When you are more skillful, you are able to employ a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the whole account. This way you'll be able to run both new and older script apps for multiple websites within the same account - something that you can't do with lots of other hosting service providers out there.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

IonCube Loader is provided with all the Linux semi-dedicated services that we supply, and you won't encounter any problems if you'd like to install and use a script application which requires the software instrument in order to operate appropriately. Activating it is as simple as clicking a button inside the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all the semi-dedicated accounts and the change will take effect in a minute, which means that you are able to proceed with the app installation without any delays. Since we employ a hi-tech in-house made platform and we support multiple versions of PHP simultaneously, you'll need to enable ionCube any time you move to a version that you have not used before. Additionally, you have the option to enable ionCube loader or even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by generating a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding several lines of code in it.