IonCube Loader is a tool, that's needed to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and not authorized use. Various script-driven apps, in particular message boards, cms and e-commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that when you acquire a script and you notice that ionCube is on the list of web hosting environment requirements, you should make sure that your hosting server has the tool pre-installed. Though it is not that hard to install it if you have your own server, it's almost impossible to do that on a shared web hosting server because the PHP environment should be precompiled and all the clients on the server will be affected.
IonCube in Shared Website Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all the shared website hosting plans that we offer, so any time you require it in order to install and execute a script app that requires it, you can enable it with a single click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia Control Panel. Because you'll be able to switch the PHP version that is active for your account from the same section, you need to activate the instrument for any new version which you set. When you are more experienced, you're 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 this particular site only, without affecting the whole account. In this way you'll be able to manage both new and older script applications for multiple sites in the same account - a thing that you will not be able to do with lots of other web hosting service providers on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you purchase a semi-dedicated server package from us, you can take advantage of any kind of script-driven app which needs ionCube Loader for the reason that the tool comes with all of the servers that are a part of our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform. We also support several versions 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 instance, you can activate ionCube for that particular release with only a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. Our system will remember your choice, so if you switch back to the previous version of PHP, the instrument will already be active. For more tech-savvy users, we also provide the option to choose the PHP version and if ionCube will be active or not for a particular domain without altering the settings for the entire hosting account. This can be done by placing a php.ini file in a domain folder with a few lines of code.