To prevent the reverse engineering of script applications, a number of developers encrypt their code with tools like ionCube PHP Encoder in order to make it human unreadable. The aforementioned is valid for paid applications in particular, as anybody could possibly use and modify the unencrypted code without paying the required license fees. In case you get web software encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, you'll be able to use it without any problems as long as an instrument known as ionCube Loader is present on the hosting server. This loader enables you to run encrypted files and you will often find it among the prerequisites for a particular script app to be set up. Due to the fact that the encrypted files are already precompiled, they're usually executed quicker and this will increase the overall speed of your site.
IonCube in Shared Web Hosting
IonCube Loader is a part of all web servers that are a part of our cloud hosting platform, so whatever the shared web hosting service that you get during the signup process, you can activate it from the Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as easy as right-clicking an On/Off button from the Advanced section, so even if this will be your first web hosting account ever, you will not have to do anything complex. The very same section allows you to pick 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), and if you choose to switch to a different version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Since our platform is rather flexible, you can set another PHP version and another status of ionCube using a php.ini file in every domain folder. If this is something you'd like to do but you don't have much experience, the 24/7 tech support team will be able to help you in no time.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
Every single semi-dedicated server account that's generated on our modern cloud website hosting platform includes ionCube Loader support, so you will be able to set up any kind of script app that requires the software tool. Then use it in order to start and maintain your web presence. You can enable ionCube from the PHP Configuration section of your Control Panel and it will take you no more than a couple of clicks to do that. Your change takes effect immediately, which means that you're able to proceed and install the needed script in your account. If you choose to switch the PHP version that's active for your account, you'll need to activate ionCube for the new version as well. Our custom-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 every domain folder. In the same way, you're able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each individual site hosted in your semi-dedicated account.