A lot of script-driven apps, especially paid content management systems, encode their files to ensure that they won't be reverse engineered or tampered with. Most of them use an application called ionCube PHP Encoder to do this, so if you purchase a paid script and you wish to set it up in a website hosting account, a software instrument known as ionCube Loader needs to be present on your server. Without it, you can't install the script or in case you somehow manage to do that, it will not function properly for the reason that most of the script code will be encrypted to a degree where it cannot be interpreted. In this light, you need to make sure that ionCube Loader is set up if you get a fresh hosting account and you would like to take advantage of some paid web app. If you get a shared hosting account and the instrument is not present, it can't be added because your entire server PHP environment will have to be compiled again.
IonCube in Hosting
IonCube Loader is provided with all of the hosting plans which we offer, so every time you need it in order to install and run some script app that requires it, you can activate it with a click from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel. As you're able to change the PHP release which is active for your account from the same section, you will have to enable the tool for each new version that you set. If you are more experienced, you'll be able to take advantage of a php.ini file in a domain or subdomain folder and set both the PHP version as well as the status of ionCube Loader for that particular site only, without affecting the whole account. This way you can manage both new and older script applications for multiple sites within the same account - something that you will not be able to do with a lot of other hosting service providers out there.
IonCube in Semi-dedicated Servers
Each semi-dedicated server account which is generated on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform comes with ionCube Loader support, and you'll be able to set up any kind of script app which needs the software tool. Then employ it in order to launch and maintain your internet presence. You can enable ionCube from the PHP Configuration area of your Control Panel and it'll take you just a couple of clicks to do this. The change takes effect immediately, which means that you'll be able to go ahead and install the needed script inside your account. If you decide to change the PHP version which is active for the account, you will need to activate ionCube for the new release too. Our custom-made platform also allows you to have a different PHP version for each domain or subdomain, that is done with a php.ini file in each domain folder. In the same way, you're able to enable/disable ionCube Loader for each website hosted in your semi-dedicated account.