IonCube Loader is a software instrument, which is needed to run files that are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application designed to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and not authorized use. Lots of script-driven apps, especially online forums, content management systems and electronic commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, so if you acquire a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment prerequisites, you need to make sure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. While it's not that hard to install it if you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server due to the fact that the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all of the clients on the server shall be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is supplied with each and every Linux cloud web hosting service that we supply and you'll be able to activate it at any time with just a few clicks, so you'll be able to work with script apps that need it. You can do this through the PHP Configuration section of your Hepsia Control Panel and all it will take to activate or deactivate ionCube is to click a single button. The change takes effect in a minute, therefore you're able to proceed and install the app that you need without delay. The exact same section will allow you to switch the PHP version that is active for your account, as we support numerous releases on our hi-tech cloud hosting platform. In case you move to a version that you have never used so far, you'll have to enable ionCube Loader once again. Experienced users can use a php.ini file in a particular domain folder so as to set a PHP version different from the one for the entire account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Each and every semi-dedicated server account that's generated on our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform features ionCube Loader support, so you will be able to set up any script application that requires the tool. Then employ it to start and maintain your web presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration section of the Control Panel and it'll take you no more than a few clicks to do that. The change will take effect without delay, which means that you're able to proceed and set up the necessary script in your account. If you decide to change the PHP version which is active for your account, you will need to enable ionCube for the new release too. Our custom-made platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in each domain folder. In the same way, you'll be able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.