IonCube Loader is a tool, that's needed to run files which are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app employed to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or unauthorized usage. Numerous script-driven applications, particularly online forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, so when you buy a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of hosting environment requirements, you have to ensure that your hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Although it's not that difficult to set it up when you have your own server, it's close to impossible to do that on a shared hosting server as the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all of the clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Cloud Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is supplied with each and every Linux cloud web hosting that we supply and you're able to activate it at any time with just a few clicks, so you'll be able to take advantage of script apps that require it. You are able to do that through the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia Control Panel and all it'll take to activate or disable ionCube is to click a single button. The change takes effect in a minute, therefore you will be able to proceed and install the app that you would like without delay. The exact same section allows you to switch the PHP version that's active for your account, because we support several releases on our advanced cloud hosting platform. If you move to a release that you have not used so far, you will have to activate ionCube Loader again. More advanced users will be able to use a php.ini file in a specific domain folder in order to set a PHP release different from the one for the entire account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

IonCube Loader is available with all the semi-dedicated servers that we supply, which means that you won't experience any kind of problems in case you would like to set up and work with a script application that requires the software instrument so as to operate appropriately. Enabling it is as easy as clicking a single button in the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all the semi-dedicated accounts and the change will take effect in a minute, so you can proceed with the application set up without any delays. Due to the fact that we use an innovative custom-built platform and we support multiple versions of PHP at the same time, you will have to enable ionCube every time you move to a version that you have not used before. You will also 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 generating a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding several lines of program code in it.