IonCube Loader is a tool, which is required to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app used to make PHP code human unreadable, so as to protect it from reverse engineering and / or illegal use. Lots of script-driven applications, particularly discussion boards, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you obtain a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of hosting environment requirements, you should ensure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it is not that difficult to set it up when you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server because the PHP environment shall have to be precompiled and all clients on the server shall be affected.
IonCube in Cloud Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all of the cloud hosting plans that we supply, so any time you require it in order to set up and run a script application that requires it, you can activate it with a click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you can switch the PHP release that's active for your account in the same section, you will need to enable the instrument for any new version that you set. When you are more experienced, you are able to 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 website only, without affecting the entire account. Thus you can manage both new and older script applications for multiple sites in the same account - something that you can't do with numerous other website hosting suppliers out there.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you'll be able to employ any kind of script-driven app that needs ionCube Loader due to the fact that the tool comes with all the servers which are part of our advanced cloud website hosting platform. Furthermore, we support different versions of PHP, and 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 activate ionCube for this particular release with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel. Our platform will remember your decision, so in case you move back to the previous version of PHP, the software instrument will already be active. For more tech-savvy users, we also offer the option to pick the PHP version and whether ionCube will be active or not for a specific domain name without altering the settings for the whole hosting account. This can be done by placing a php.ini file in a domain folder with a few lines of code.