A lot of script-driven apps, particularly paid cms, encrypt their files to make sure that they will not be reverse engineered or tampered with. Many of them use an application known as ionCube PHP Encoder to do that, so when you purchase a paid script and you want to install it in a hosting account, an instrument called ionCube Loader must be present on the server. Without having it, you cannot install the script or in case you somehow find a way to do that, it won't function efficiently due to the fact that almost all of the script code will be encoded to a degree where it cannot be interpreted. That is why, you should ensure that ionCube Loader is installed if you get a fresh website hosting account and you'd like to take advantage of some paid web application. If you acquire a shared web hosting account and the tool is not present, it cannot be added since the whole server PHP environment shall have to be compiled again.

IonCube in Shared Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is installed on all web servers which are a part of our cloud hosting platform, which means that irrespective of the Linux shared web hosting service that you select during the signup process, you will be able to activate it through your Hepsia Control Panel. The 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 have to do anything complex. The 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), so if you decide to switch to a different version, you just have to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Since our platform is very flexible, you may even set some other PHP version and another status of ionCube by using a php.ini file in each domain folder. In case this is something you want to do but you don't have much experience, our 24/7 support team will be able to help you quickly.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Every single semi-dedicated server account that is generated on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform has ionCube Loader support, so you'll be able to install any kind of script application which needs the tool. Then use it in order to launch and maintain your internet presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration area of your Control Panel and it'll take you just a few clicks to do this. Your change takes effect right away, so you are able to proceed and set up the needed script in your account. If you decide to switch the PHP version that is active for your account, you should enable ionCube for the new release too. Our custom-built platform also allows you to have a different PHP release for each domain or subdomain, that is done with a php.ini file in every domain folder. In the same way, you can enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.