
Thus, to enable executing secured PHP source code without struggling on manual server configurations, the Jelastic Cloud provides dedicated lightweight ionCube Loader add-on for one-click installation.

Whilst encoding shouldn’t be a big problem for the majority of developers, running such protected application can become a real point of concern for an average user, since often it requires the involvement of some auxiliary modules and libraries. Being PHP-oriented, ionCube provides two correlated tools – Encoder to compile PHP files into bytecode and Loader, which handles execution of such encoded files. Today we’ll talk about ionCube - one of the most popular and widely used solutions to prevent unauthorized use.

Encoding application sources is a common practice when it comes to protecting and/or licensing your application source code.
