IonCube Loader is an instrument, that's needed to run files that are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, as a way to protect it from reverse engineering or illegal use. A number of script-driven applications, particularly online forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you obtain a script and you find that ionCube is among the website hosting environment prerequisites, you have to ensure that your web hosting server has the tool pre-installed. While it is not that hard to set it up if you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server since the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.
IonCube in Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all of the hosting packages that we offer, so when you need it in order to set up and run some script application that needs it, you can enable it with a single click inside the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you are able to change the PHP version that's active for your account from the same section, you need to enable the instrument for any new version which you set. If you're more experienced, you can take advantage of a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the whole account. In this way you can run both new and older script applications for multiple websites within the same account - a thing that you will not be able to do with lots of other hosting providers on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
Each semi-dedicated server account that is set up on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform has ionCube Loader support, which means that you will be able to set up any script app that needs the tool. Then employ it in order to launch and maintain your online presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration section of your Control Panel and it will take you no more than a couple of clicks to do this. Your change takes effect immediately, so you'll be able to proceed and set up the needed script inside your account. If you would like switch the PHP version that's active for the account, you'll need to activate ionCube for the new version as well. Our custom-made platform also allows you to have a different PHP release for each domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in each domain folder. In the same way, you are able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual site hosted in your semi-dedicated account.