IonCube Loader is a software tool, that is needed to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app used to make PHP code human unreadable, as a way to protect it from reverse engineering or not authorized usage. Lots of script-driven apps, particularly online forums, cms and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, so if you obtain a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of web hosting environment prerequisites, you should ensure that your website hosting server has the tool pre-installed. While it is not that hard to set it up when you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server due to the fact that the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all of the clients on the server will be affected.
IonCube in Cloud Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all cloud hosting packages that we offer, so when you need it to set up and execute some script application which needs it, you can enable it with a click from the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. As you'll be able to switch the PHP version that is active for your account from the same section, you'll need to activate the instrument for each new version which you set. When you're more experienced, you will be able to use a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the entire account. Thus you'll be able to run both new and older script applications for multiple sites inside the same account - something that you can't do with many other web hosting suppliers available on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
As all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on our advanced cluster platform and ionCube Loader is available on it, you shall be able to use any script application that needs this software tool so as to run effectively. With several clicks in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel you'll be able to activate or deactivate ionCube for the PHP version that is currently active for the account. Since we support several releases of PHP simultaneously, you will have to do that every time you switch to a different release, but when you revert back to a version which you have already used, our system will remember your choice and ionCube Loader will already be active. If you have multiple sites in the same account and they require different versions of PHP, you are able to create a php.ini file in every single domain folder and with a couple of lines of program code you'll be able to define both the PHP release as well as the status of ionCube regardless of what is selected for the web hosting account altogether.