In order to stop the reverse engineering of script apps, a number of developers encode their code with tools such as ionCube PHP Encoder and make it human unreadable. This is valid for paid apps in particular, since anyone would be able to use and change the unprotected code without having to pay the required license fees. If you buy web software encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, you will be able to use it without any problems as long as a tool called ionCube Loader is available on the hosting server. This loader makes it possible to run encoded files and you'll often notice it among the prerequisites for a certain script app to be installed. Since the encrypted files are already precompiled, they're usually executed faster and this can raise the overall speed of your website.
IonCube in Cloud Website Hosting
IonCube Loader is a part of all web servers which are part of our cloud hosting platform, therefore whatever the cloud website hosting plan that you pick during the signup process, you'll be able to activate it from your 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 will not need to do anything complex. The same section enables 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 decide to switch to some other version, you only have to activate ionCube Loader for it too. Because our platform is flexible, you can set a different PHP version and a different status of ionCube using a php.ini file in every domain folder. If this is something you want to do but you do not have much experience, the 24/7 tech support team will be able to assist you very quickly.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you aquire a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to use any script-driven application which requires ionCube Loader for the reason that the software tool is installed on all servers that are part of our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform. We also support multiple versions 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 that particular version with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel. Our system will remember your decision, and if you switch back to the earlier release of PHP, the tool will already be active. For more tech-savvy users, we also provide the option to choose the PHP version and whether ionCube will be active or not for a particular domain without altering the settings for the entire website hosting account. This is done by placing a php.ini file within a domain folder with a couple of lines of code.