To prevent the reverse engineering of script applications, numerous developers encode their program code with tools like ionCube PHP Encoder in order to make it human unreadable. This is valid for paid apps in particular, because anyone could possibly use and change the unprotected code without having to pay the needed license fees. In case you acquire web software encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, you can use it without any problems as long as a tool called ionCube Loader is installed on the web hosting server. This loader enables you to execute encoded files and you'll often find it on the list of prerequisites for a particular script app to be set up. Due to the fact that the encoded files are already precompiled, they're ordinarily executed a lot faster and this can enhance the overall speed of your site.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is installed on all of the web servers which are a part of our cloud web hosting platform, therefore regardless of the shared hosting that you pick during the signup process, you'll be able to activate it from the Hepsia Control Panel. This process is as simple as right-clicking an On/Off button inside the Advanced section, so even if this is your first web hosting account ever, you will not need to do anything complex. The exact same section allows you to pick 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 if you want to switch to another version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it too. As our platform is really flexible, you can set another PHP version and a different status of ionCube by using a php.ini file in every domain folder. If this is something you wish to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 tech support team will help you within minutes.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Each and every semi-dedicated server account which is set up on our outstanding cloud website hosting platform has ionCube Loader support, and you will be able to install any kind of script application that requires the software tool. Then use it to launch and maintain your world wide web presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration area of your Control Panel and it will take you no more than a couple of clicks to do this. Your change will take effect instantly, so you'll be able to go ahead and set up the necessary script in your account. If you choose to change the PHP version which is active for your account, you will need to activate ionCube for the new release as well. Our custom platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each domain or subdomain, which is done with a php.ini file in each domain folder. In the same way, you will be able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each site hosted in your semi-dedicated account.