IonCube Loader is an instrument, that's required to run files that are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering or not authorized usage. Many script-driven apps, particularly online forums, cms and e-commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you purchase a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of hosting environment prerequisites, you should ensure that your website hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Although it is not that difficult to install it when you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server because the PHP environment should be precompiled and all of the clients on the server shall be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting

IonCube Loader is installed on all web servers that are part of our cloud web hosting platform, therefore irrespective of the Linux cloud website hosting package that you get during the signup process, you will be able to enable it from your Hepsia Control Panel. This process is as simple as clicking an On/Off button inside the Advanced section, so even if this is your first hosting account ever, you will not have to do anything complicated. The exact same section allows you to select the PHP version for your account (4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5), and if you choose to move to a different version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it as well. Due to the fact that our platform is really flexible, you may even set a different PHP version and another status of ionCube using a php.ini file in every domain folder. In case this is something you wish to do but you don't have much experience, our 24/7 technical support team shall help you within minutes.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As all of the semi-dedicated server accounts are created on our advanced cluster platform and ionCube Loader is available on it, you'll be able to use any script application which needs the tool to work effectively. With a couple of clicks in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel you are able to activate or deactivate ionCube for the PHP version which is currently active for your account. As we support several versions of PHP at the same time, you'll have to do this each and every time you switch to a different version, and if you revert back to a version which you've already used, our system will remember your choice and ionCube Loader will already be activated. In case you have multiple sites inside the same account and they need different releases of PHP, you'll be able to set up a php.ini file in each and every domain folder and with a couple of lines of code you can define both the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube regardless of what is selected for the website hosting account as a whole.