IonCube Loader is a software instrument, that is needed to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and / or not authorized usage. Many script-driven apps, in particular discussion forums, cms and electronic commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, so when you obtain a script and you notice that ionCube is one of the hosting environment requirements, you need to ensure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. While it's not that hard to set it up when you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server due to the fact that the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting

IonCube Loader is supplied with each Linux cloud website hosting that we supply and you're able to enable it at any time with just a few clicks, so you'll be able to work with script applications which need it. You'll be able to do that through the PHP Configuration area of your Hepsia Control Panel and all it'll take to enable or deactivate ionCube is to click a button. The change will take effect within a minute, therefore you are able to proceed and install the application that you would like without delay. The same section will allow you to change the PHP version that is active for your account, because we support a variety of versions on our state-of-the-art cloud platform. In case you switch to a release that you haven't used to date, you'll have to enable ionCube Loader once again. Experienced users will be able to use a php.ini file in a particular domain folder to set a PHP release different from the one for the entire account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, so you won't experience any problems if you'd like to install and work with a script application that requires the software instrument in order to operate appropriately. Activating it is as simple as clicking a single button in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change will take effect in a minute, which means that you can proceed with the application set up without delay. For the reason that we employ a hi-tech custom platform and we support a number of versions of PHP at the same time, you will need to enable ionCube every time you switch to a version that you haven't used before. Additionally, you have the option to enable ionCube loader and even to set a PHP release different from the one in the account as a whole by creating a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding a few lines of program code within it.