IonCube Loader is a software tool, that is necessary to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app used to make PHP code human unreadable, in order to protect it from reverse engineering and / or unauthorized use. A great number of script-driven applications, especially community forums, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you get a script and you find that ionCube is on the list of web hosting environment requirements, you should make sure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. While it is not that difficult to set it up when you have your own server, it's close to impossible to do that on a shared hosting server because the PHP environment should be precompiled and all of the clients on the server will be affected.
IonCube in Cloud Web Hosting
IonCube Loader comes with all cloud web hosting packages that we supply, so if you need it in order to set up and execute some script application that requires it, you can activate it with a single click from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel. Due to the fact that you can switch the PHP version which is active for your account in the same section, you need to enable the instrument for each new version which you set. If you're more skillful, you'll be able to use a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the whole account. This way you can operate both new and older script applications for multiple sites within the same account - something that you won't be able to do with lots of other web hosting suppliers available on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting
IonCube Loader is available with all the semi-dedicated hosting packages that we supply, and you won't experience any problems in case you would like to set up and work with some script app that requires the software tool to function properly. Activating it is as easy as clicking a button in the Advanced part of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all the semi-dedicated accounts and the change will take effect in a minute, which means that you'll be able to proceed with the application set up without delay. Due to the fact that we use an avant-garde custom-built platform and we support several versions of PHP simultaneously, you will have to activate ionCube any time you move to a version that you haven't used before. Additionally, you have the option to enable ionCube loader or even to set a PHP release different from the one in the account as a whole by making a php.ini file in an individual domain or subdomain folder and adding several lines of code within it.