To stop the reverse engineering of script apps, numerous developers encode their program code with instruments like ionCube PHP Encoder in order to make it human unreadable. This is valid for paid apps in particular, as anyone would be able to use and modify the unprotected code without having to pay the required license fees. In case you buy web software encrypted with ionCube PHP Encoder, you'll be able to use it without any problems as long as a software tool known as ionCube Loader is present on the web hosting server. This loader makes it possible to execute encoded files and you will often see it as one of the prerequisites for a particular script app to be installed. Since the encoded files are already precompiled, they are usually executed faster and this can boost the general speed of your website.
IonCube in Shared Website Hosting
IonCube Loader comes with all shared website hosting packages that we supply, so every time you need it in order to set up and execute some script app which needs it, you can enable it with a click inside the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel. Since you can change the PHP release that's active for your account from the same section, you'll need to enable the tool for any new version which you set. When you are more experienced, you're able to use a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version and the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the entire account. Thus you're able to operate both new and older script applications for multiple websites in the same account - something that you can't do with many other website hosting service providers available on the market.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
IonCube Loader is available with all of the semi-dedicated servers that we provide, so you won't experience any problems if you would like to install and use some script application which requires the software tool in order to operate properly. Enabling it is as simple as clicking a single button in the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the semi-dedicated accounts and the change shall take effect in a minute, so you will be able to move forward with the app set up without any delays. Since we use a hi-tech tailor-made platform and we support several versions of PHP simultaneously, you will have to activate ionCube any time you move to a version that you haven't used before. Additionally, you have the option to activate ionCube loader and even to set a PHP version different from the one in the account as a whole by generating a php.ini file in a separate domain or subdomain folder and adding a few lines of code within it.