IonCube Loader is a software tool, that is needed to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or not authorized use. Various script-driven applications, particularly discussion boards, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, so if you get a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of hosting environment prerequisites, you should ensure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Though it is not that hard to set it up if you have your own server, it is close to impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.
IonCube in Cloud Hosting
IonCube Loader is installed on all of the web servers which are a part of our cloud web hosting platform, so regardless of the cloud hosting that you pick during the signup process, you can enable it from your Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as simple as clicking an On/Off button from the Advanced section, so even if this is your first website hosting account ever, you won't need to do anything complex. The very same section will allow you to pick the PHP release for your account (4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2), and if you would like to switch to a different version, you just need to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Due to the fact that our platform is really flexible, you can set another PHP version and another status of ionCube using a php.ini file in each domain folder. If this is something you'd like to do but you don't have much experience, our 24/7 tech support team will be able to assist you quickly.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
IonCube Loader is provided with all of the semi-dedicated servers that we offer, so you will not encounter any problems in case you'd like to install and use a script application that requires the tool so as to function appropriately. Activating it is as easy as clicking a button in the Advanced part of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in less than a minute, which means that you will be able to proceed with the application installation without any delays. Due to the fact that we use an avant-garde tailor-made platform and we support many different versions of PHP simultaneously, you will have to enable ionCube any time you switch to a version that you have not used before. In addition, you'll have the option to activate ionCube loader or even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by creating a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding a few lines of program code within it.