IonCube Loader is a software tool, that's necessary to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an application used to make PHP code human unreadable, as a way to protect it from reverse engineering and unauthorized usage. Various script-driven apps, particularly discussion forums, content management systems and electronic commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you buy a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of website hosting environment requirements, you need to make sure that your website hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it's not that difficult to set it up if you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.

IonCube in Website Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all the website hosting packages that we provide, so when you require it to install and run some script application that requires it, you can enable it with a single click from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel. Since you'll be able to change the PHP release which is active for your account from the same section, you will have to activate the instrument for any new version which you set. When you are more skillful, you will be able to take advantage of a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube Loader for this particular website only, without affecting the whole account. Thus you will be able to manage both new and older script applications for multiple websites inside the same account - something that you won't be able to do with numerous other hosting suppliers available on the market.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all semi-dedicated services that we offer, so you will not experience any kind of problems in case you would like to set up and work with a script app that requires the software tool so as to operate appropriately. Enabling it is as simple as clicking a single button in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in less than a minute, so you will be able to proceed with the app set up without any delays. Due to the fact that we employ an innovative in-house built platform and we support multiple versions of PHP simultaneously, 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 activate ionCube loader and even to set a PHP release different from the one in the account as a whole by generating a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding a few lines of program code in it.