A lot of script-driven applications, particularly paid cms, encode their files so as to make sure that they won't be reverse engineered or tampered with. Most of them use an application known as ionCube PHP Encoder to do that, so if you obtain a paid script and you wish to set it up in a website hosting account, an instrument called ionCube Loader has to be present on the server. Without this, you can't install the script or if you somehow manage to do that, it will not operate properly for the reason that almost all of the script code will be encrypted to a point where it cannot be interpreted. That's why, you need to ensure that ionCube Loader is installed if you get a fresh hosting account and you wish to employ some paid web application. If you buy a shared web hosting account and the instrument is not present, it can't be added as your entire server PHP environment will have to be compiled again.

IonCube in Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is a part of all the web servers which are part of our cloud website hosting platform, so regardless of the Linux web hosting that you pick during the signup process, you'll be able to activate it from your Hepsia Control Panel. This process is as easy as right-clicking an On/Off button from the Advanced section, so even if this is your first website hosting account ever, you will not need to do anything complex. The same section enables you to choose the PHP release 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 in case you would like to move to another version, you only need to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Since our platform is quite flexible, you can even set some other PHP version and another status of ionCube by employing a php.ini file in each domain folder. If this is something you need to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 technical support team shall assist you very quickly.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Each semi-dedicated server account that is generated on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform features ionCube Loader support, which means that you will be able to install any script application that needs the software tool. Then employ it in order to start and maintain your online presence. You can activate ionCube through the PHP Configuration section of your Control Panel and it'll take you just a few clicks to do that. The change takes effect right away, so you can go ahead and install the needed script in your account. If you'd like to change the PHP version which is active for your account, you will have to enable ionCube for the new release as well. Our in-house made platform also allows you to have a different PHP release for each and every domain or subdomain, that is done with a php.ini file in each domain folder. In the same way, you are able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.