IonCube Loader is a tool, that is required to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, so as to protect it from reverse engineering and / or unauthorized usage. A great number of script-driven applications, especially community forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, therefore when you acquire a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of web hosting environment requirements, you need to ensure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Although it's not that hard to install it when you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server since the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is supplied with each Linux shared hosting that we provide and you will be able to activate it at any time with only a few clicks, so you can employ script applications that need it. You'll be able to do this 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 takes effect in a minute, which means that you're able to proceed and install the app that you need without delay. The very same section will allow you to switch the PHP release which is active for your account, because we support a variety of versions on our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform. If you switch to a version that you have not used to date, you'll have to activate ionCube Loader once again. More advanced users will be able to use a php.ini file in a specific domain folder to set a PHP release different from the one for the whole account or enable/disable ionCube Loader.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, so you won't encounter any problems if you'd like to install and use a script app that requires the software tool in order to function properly. Activating it is as simple as clicking a single button inside 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 move forward with the app set up without delay. For the reason that we employ an innovative custom-built platform and we support a number of versions of PHP simultaneously, you'll need to activate ionCube every time you switch to a version that you have not used before. In addition, you'll 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 several lines of code within it.