In order to avoid the reverse engineering of script applications, a number of developers encode their code with tools like ionCube PHP Encoder to make it human unreadable. This is valid for paid applications in particular, as anybody could possibly use and modify the unprotected code without having to pay the needed license fees. When you obtain web software protected with ionCube PHP Encoder, you'll be able to use it without any problems as long as a tool called ionCube Loader is present on the hosting server. This loader enables you to execute encrypted files and you will often find it as one of the prerequisites for a certain script app to be set up. As the encrypted files are already precompiled, they are usually executed more rapidly and this will enhance the overall speed of your website.

IonCube in Cloud Web Hosting

IonCube Loader is available with all of the cloud web hosting plans which we supply, so if you require it to install and execute some script application that needs it, you can enable it with a single click inside the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel. Due to the fact that you'll be able to switch the PHP version which is active for your account from the same section, you will need to activate the tool for each new version which you set. In case you are more experienced, you will be able to use 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 site only, without affecting the whole account. In this way you will be able to operate both new and older script applications for multiple websites in the same account - something that you can't do with a lot of other hosting providers available on the market.