IonCube Loader is a software tool, that's necessary to run files which are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app that is used to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or unauthorized usage. Various script-driven applications, in particular discussion forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you acquire a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment prerequisites, you need to make sure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. While it's not that hard to install it if you have your own server, it's close to impossible to do that on a shared hosting server because the PHP environment should be precompiled and all the clients on the server shall be affected.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all shared hosting packages which we offer, so any time you need it to set up and run some script app that needs it, you can enable it with a click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you're able to change the PHP release which is active for your account from the same section, you'll have to activate the tool for every new version which you set. When you are more experienced, you can use a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both 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 applications for multiple sites within the same account - something that you won't be able to do with a lot of other website hosting suppliers on the market.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, which means that you will not experience any kind of problems in case you'd like to install and use a script app which requires the software tool so as to operate appropriately. Activating it is as easy as clicking a button inside the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in a minute, which means that you're able to move forward with the app installation without any delays. Due to the fact that we use a cutting-edge in-house built platform and we support many different versions of PHP at the same time, you will need to enable ionCube every time you switch to a version that you have not used before. In addition, you'll have the option to enable ionCube loader and even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by making a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding several lines of program code in it.