To prevent the reverse engineering of script applications, numerous developers encrypt their program code with tools like ionCube PHP Encoder and make it human unreadable. The aforementioned is valid for paid apps in particular, since anyone would be able to use and modify the unprotected code without paying the required license fees. If you obtain web software encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, you can use it without a problem as long as a software tool named ionCube Loader is available on the hosting server. This loader makes it possible to execute encrypted files and you will often see it among the prerequisites for a given script application to be installed. As the encoded files are already precompiled, they're normally executed quicker and this can enhance the overall speed of your website.

IonCube in Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all the hosting plans that we provide, so when you need it to install and run a script app which requires it, you can activate it with a single click from the Advanced area of your Hepsia Control Panel. As you'll be able to change the PHP version that is active for your account in the same section, you'll have to activate the tool for each new version that you set. If you're more experienced, you're able to employ 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 website only, without affecting the whole account. This way you will be able to manage both new and older script applications for multiple websites inside the same account - something that you will not be able to do with various other web hosting suppliers out there.

IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers

IonCube Loader is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans that we provide, which means that you will not encounter any problems in case you would like to install and use a script application that requires the instrument so as to function properly. Activating it is as simple as clicking a button in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in a minute, which means that you're able to move forward with the application set up without any delays. Due to the fact that we employ a revolutionary custom-built platform and we support multiple versions of PHP at the same time, you will have to enable ionCube any time you move to a version that you haven't used before. In addition, you'll have the option to activate ionCube loader or even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by creating a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding a couple of lines of code within it.