IonCube Loader is an instrument, that is needed to run files that are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an application which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, as a way to protect it from reverse engineering or illegal use. Many script-driven applications, especially community forums, cms and electronic commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you buy a script and you find that ionCube is one of the hosting environment prerequisites, you need to make sure that your web hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it is not that difficult to install it 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 the clients on the server will be affected.
IonCube in Web Hosting
IonCube Loader is installed on all web servers that are a part of our cloud website hosting platform, which means that regardless of the Linux web hosting service that you pick during the signup process, you can activate it from your Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as easy as right-clicking an On/Off button from the Advanced section, so even if this is your first hosting account ever, you will not have to do anything complex. The same section will allow you to choose 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), so in case you decide to switch to some other version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Since our platform is very flexible, you can even set another PHP version and another status of ionCube by employing a php.ini file in each domain folder. In case this is something you wish to do but you don't have much experience, our 24/7 technical support team will be able to help you quickly.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
Each and every semi-dedicated server account that's created on our modern cloud hosting platform features ionCube Loader support, which means that you can set up any kind of script application which needs the tool. Then use it in order to start and maintain your world wide web presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration section of the Control Panel and it'll take you only a few clicks to do that. Your change takes effect right away, so you'll be able to go ahead and set up the necessary script inside your account. If you decide to switch the PHP version which is active for the account, you'll need to enable ionCube for the new version too. Our in-house built platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each and every domain or subdomain, that is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you'll be able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.