A lot of script-driven applications, especially paid cms, encode their files so as to ensure that they won't be reverse engineered or tampered with. Many of them use an app called ionCube PHP Encoder to do that, so when you buy a paid script and you wish to set it up in a web hosting account, a software instrument called ionCube Loader has to be present on the server. Without this, you won't be able to install the script or in case you somehow manage to do this, it won't function efficiently due to the fact that almost all of the script code will be encrypted to a point where it can't be interpreted. In this light, you need to make sure that ionCube Loader is set up when you get a new hosting account and you would like to use some paid web application. If you acquire a shared website hosting account and the tool is not present, it can't be added because the entire server PHP environment will have to be compiled again.
IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting
IonCube Loader is present on all web servers that are a part of our cloud hosting platform, therefore whatever the Linux cloud website hosting that you select during the signup process, you'll be able to enable it from the Hepsia Control Panel. The process is as simple as right-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 pick the PHP version 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 in case you would like to move to a different version, you just have to activate ionCube Loader for it as well. Due to the fact that our platform is rather flexible, you can set a different PHP version and a different status of ionCube by employing a php.ini file in every domain folder. In case this is something you want to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 support team will assist you quickly.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you get a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you'll be able to use any kind of script-driven application that needs ionCube Loader because the tool comes with all the servers that are part of our revolutionary cloud hosting platform. Furthermore, we support multiple releases of PHP, so if you move from PHP 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, for instance, you can enable ionCube for this particular version with just a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. Our system will remember your choice, so if you switch back to the earlier version of PHP, the software instrument will already be active. For more experienced users, we also offer the option to select the PHP version and if ionCube will be active or not for a specific domain without altering the settings for the entire web hosting account. This is done by placing a php.ini file within a domain folder with several lines of program code.