IonCube Loader is a software instrument, that is needed to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application employed to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or unauthorized usage. Many script-driven applications, particularly message boards, cms and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, so when you obtain a script and you notice that ionCube is one of the website hosting environment requirements, you should make sure that your web hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Although it is not that difficult to install it if you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server as the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.
IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting
IonCube Loader is present on all the web servers which are part of our cloud web hosting platform, therefore whatever the cloud website hosting package that you choose during the signup process, you'll be able to enable it through your Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as simple as right-clicking an On/Off button in the Advanced section, so even if this will be your first hosting account ever, you won't need to do anything complicated. The exact same section allows you to select the PHP version 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 want to switch to a different version, you just need to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Because our platform is rather flexible, you may even set some other PHP version and another status of ionCube by employing a php.ini file in each domain folder. In case this is something you want to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 technical support team will assist you very quickly.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you get a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you will be able to employ any kind of script-driven app which needs ionCube Loader since the software tool is installed on all servers that are part of our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform. Furthermore, we support multiple releases of PHP, which means that if you move from PHP 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, for example, you can enable ionCube for this particular version with only a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. Our system will remember your choice, and in case you move back to the previous version of PHP, the software instrument will already be active. For more experienced users, we also offer the option to pick the PHP version and whether ionCube will be active or not for a particular domain without altering the settings for the whole web hosting account. This is done by placing a php.ini file in a domain folder with several lines of program code.