IonCube Loader is a software instrument, which is necessary to run files that are encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder. The latter is an app used to make PHP code human unreadable, to protect it from reverse engineering and / or unauthorized use. Various script-driven applications, in particular discussion boards, content management systems and e-commerce solutions are encoded with ionCube PHP Encoder, so if you buy a script and you find that ionCube is one of the web hosting environment requirements, you should make sure that your hosting server has the instrument pre-installed. Although it is not that difficult to install it if you have your own server, it's close to impossible to do that on a shared hosting server for the reason that the PHP environment will have to be precompiled and all the clients on the server will be affected.
IonCube in Shared Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all the shared hosting plans which we offer, so any time you require it in order to install and execute some script application that requires it, you can enable it with a click from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel. Due to the fact that you can change the PHP release that's active for your account in the same section, you need to enable the instrument for any new version which you set. If you're more experienced, you're able to use a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the entire account. This way you're able to run both new and older script applications for multiple sites within the same account - a thing that you will not be able to do with many other web hosting service providers available on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
IonCube Loader is provided with all Linux semi-dedicated servers that we supply, which means that you will not encounter any problems in case you'd like to set up and use some script app that requires the software tool to function properly. Enabling it is as easy as clicking a button inside the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in less than a minute, so you can proceed with the application set up without delay. As we employ a revolutionary custom-built platform and we support several versions of PHP at the same time, you'll need to enable ionCube any time you move to a version that you haven't used before. Additionally, you have the option to enable ionCube loader and even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by making a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding a couple of lines of program code inside it.