IonCube Loader is a software instrument, that is necessary to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app that is used to make PHP code human unreadable, so as to protect it from reverse engineering and / or unauthorized usage. Numerous script-driven applications, especially online forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you get a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment requirements, you should ensure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Though it's not that hard to set it up if you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment should be precompiled and all the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all of the shared hosting packages that we provide, so if you need it to set up and run some script app that requires it, you can enable it with a click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Since you're able to change the PHP version that is active for your account in the same section, you'll need to enable the instrument for each new version which you set. When you're more skillful, you will be able to employ a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for this particular site only, without affecting the whole account. In this way you're able to operate both new and older script apps for multiple websites in the same account - something that you can't do with many other website hosting providers out there.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

IonCube Loader is provided with all the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we offer, and you will not experience any problems in case you'd like to install and use some script app that requires the tool so as to operate properly. Enabling it is as easy as clicking a single 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, which means that you can move forward with the application installation without any delays. Due to the fact that we employ a revolutionary custom platform and we support several versions of PHP at the same time, you'll have to enable ionCube every time you switch to a version that you have not used before. In addition, you'll have the option to activate ionCube loader and even to set a PHP release different from the one in the account as a whole by making a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding several lines of program code within it.