A lot of script-driven apps, particularly paid cms, encode their files so as to make sure that they will not be reverse engineered or tampered with. Most of them use an application named ionCube PHP Encoder to do that, so when you obtain a paid script and you intend to install it in a website hosting account, a software tool called ionCube Loader has to be present on the server. Without having it, you won't be able to install the script or in case you somehow find a way to do that, it won't work efficiently since most of the script code will be encrypted to a point where it cannot be interpreted. In this light, you need to ensure that ionCube Loader is installed if you get a new website hosting account and you wish to employ some paid web app. If you acquire a shared website hosting account and the instrument is not present, it cannot be added as your entire server PHP environment shall have to be compiled again.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is available on all the web servers that are part of our cloud website hosting platform, which means that regardless of the Linux shared hosting service that you choose during the signup process, you'll be able to activate it through your Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as easy as clicking an On/Off button inside the Advanced section, so even if this will be your first web hosting account ever, you will not have to do anything complex. The very same section allows you to choose the PHP version 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), which means that in case you want to switch to some other version, you just have to activate ionCube Loader for it as well. As our platform is really flexible, you may even set a different PHP version and another status of ionCube using a php.ini file in each domain folder. In case this is something you wish to do but you do not have much experience, our 24/7 technical support team will assist you within minutes.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you aquire a semi-dedicated server package from us, you can employ any kind of script-driven app which needs ionCube Loader because the software tool comes with all of the servers that are part of our innovative cloud web hosting platform. We also support various 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 version with only a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. Our system will remember your choice, and in case you switch back to the earlier release of PHP, the software tool will already be active. For more tech-savvy users, we also provide the option to pick the PHP version and if ionCube will be active or not for a particular domain without altering the settings for the entire website hosting account. This can be done by placing a php.ini file in a domain folder with several lines of program code.