IonCube Loader is a software instrument, that is necessary to run files that are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an application used to make PHP code human unreadable, so as to protect it from reverse engineering and / or not authorized use. Lots of script-driven applications, particularly discussion forums, content management systems and electronic commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you purchase a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of hosting environment requirements, you need to make sure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Though it is not that hard to install it when you have your own server, it is close to impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server because the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all of the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Hosting

IonCube Loader is provided with all hosting plans that we offer, so any time you require it in order to set up and run some script app that requires it, you can enable it with a click inside the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Since you are able to switch the PHP version that is active for your account from the same section, you need to enable the instrument for any new version that you set. In case you are more experienced, you're able to use 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 website only, without affecting the entire account. In this way you can operate both new and older script applications for multiple sites inside the same account - something that you can't do with various other website hosting providers available on the market.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Each semi-dedicated server account that's generated on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform comes with ionCube Loader support, and you'll be able to install any script application which requires the software tool. Then use it in order to launch and maintain your web presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration area of your Control Panel and it'll take you only a few clicks to do that. Your change will take effect without delay, which means that you're 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'll need to enable ionCube for the new release too. Our custom-built platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you can enable/disable ionCube Loader for each site hosted in your semi-dedicated account.