IonCube Loader is a software instrument, that's needed to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application used to make PHP code human unreadable, so as to protect it from reverse engineering or illegal use. Various script-driven applications, particularly discussion forums, cms and electronic commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you obtain a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment requirements, you have to ensure that your web hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Though it is not that difficult to install it if you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server as the PHP environment should be precompiled and all of the clients on the server shall be affected.
IonCube in Shared Hosting
IonCube Loader is installed on all of the web servers which are part of our cloud website hosting platform, which means that regardless of the shared hosting plan that you pick during the signup process, you will be able to enable it through the Hepsia Control Panel. This process is as simple as right-clicking an On/Off button from the Advanced section, so even if this is your first hosting account ever, you will not need to do anything complicated. The same section allows you to choose the PHP release for your account (4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2), which means that in case you would like to move to some other version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it as well. Since our platform is flexible, you can even set a different PHP version and a different status of ionCube using a php.ini file in each domain folder. If this is something you would like to do but you do not have much experience, our 24/7 technical support team will be able to help you within minutes.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
IonCube Loader is available with all the semi-dedicated servers that we offer, which means that you will not have any kind of problems in case you would like to install and use some script application that requires the tool to function properly. Enabling it is as simple as clicking a button in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in a minute, so you'll be able to move forward with the app set up without delay. Because we employ an innovative in-house built platform and we support several versions of PHP at the same time, you'll need to enable ionCube every time you switch to a version that you have not used before. Additionally, you have the option to enable ionCube loader or even to set a PHP release different from the one in the account as a whole by creating a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding a few lines of program code inside it.