IonCube Loader is a software tool, that is required to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app designed to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering and / or illegal use. Numerous script-driven apps, particularly discussion forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you buy a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment prerequisites, you should make sure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it's not that hard to set it up when you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Hosting

IonCube Loader comes with all of the cloud hosting packages which we offer, so every time you require it to install and run some script application which requires it, you can enable it with a single click in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel. As you'll be able to switch the PHP release that's active for your account in the same section, you will have to enable the instrument for any new version that you set. In case you are more experienced, you'll be able to take advantage of a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for that particular website only, without affecting the whole account. Thus you're able to operate both new and older script applications for multiple sites in the same account - something that you cannot do with many other website hosting service providers out there.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Every single semi-dedicated server account that is generated on our modern cloud website hosting platform includes ionCube Loader support, so you can set up any kind of script application that requires the tool. Then use it to launch and maintain your world wide web presence. You can activate ionCube from the PHP Configuration section of the Control Panel and it will take you only a couple of clicks to do this. Your change takes effect instantly, which means that you'll be able to proceed and install the needed script in your account. If you choose to change the PHP version that is active for the account, you'll need to enable ionCube for the new version too. Our in-house built platform also allows you to have a different PHP release for each domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you are able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual site hosted in your semi-dedicated account.