IonCube Loader is a software tool, that is needed to run files which are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder. The aforementioned is an app which is used to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering or unauthorized usage. Lots of script-driven applications, in particular discussion forums, cms and e-commerce solutions are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, which means that if you obtain a script and you notice that ionCube is one of the hosting environment prerequisites, you have to make sure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Though it's not that hard to install it if you have your own server, it is almost impossible to do that on a shared hosting server since the PHP environment should be precompiled and all clients on the server will be affected.

IonCube in Shared Hosting

IonCube Loader is present on all the web servers that are a part of our cloud web hosting platform, which means that regardless of the shared plan that you choose during the signup process, you'll be able to enable it from your Hepsia Control Panel. This process is as easy as clicking an On/Off button inside the Advanced section, so even if this will be your first hosting account ever, you won't need to do anything complicated. The same section allows 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), which means that if you would like to move to a different version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it as well. Due to the fact that our platform is rather flexible, you may even set another PHP version and another status of ionCube by employing a php.ini file in each domain folder. In case this is something you want to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 tech support team shall help you within minutes.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

Due to the fact that all the semi-dedicated server accounts are set up on our advanced cluster platform and ionCube Loader is available on it, you shall be able to use any script application that requires this software tool so as to function efficiently. With a couple of clicks in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel you'll be able to activate or deactivate ionCube for the PHP version which is currently active for the account. As we support a couple of releases of PHP concurrently, you'll have to do that any time you move to a new version, but when you revert back to a version which you have already used, our system will remember your preference and ionCube Loader will already be activated. In case you have multiple websites in the same account and they need different releases of PHP, you will be able to set up a php.ini file in each and every domain folder and with several lines of code you will be able to define both the PHP release plus the status of ionCube no matter what is selected for the website hosting account as a whole.