# Mixing unencoded and encoded files with include file protection

**URL:** <https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/mixing-unencoded-and-encoded-files-with-include-file-protection/43>\
**Category:** ionCube PHP Encoder\
**Tags:** tutorial\
**Created:** [19 March 2026 11:01 UTC](https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/mixing-unencoded-and-encoded-files-with-include-file-protection/43 "2026-03-19T11:01:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [19 March 2026 11:01 UTC](https://forum2.ioncube.com/t/mixing-unencoded-and-encoded-files-with-include-file-protection/43/1 "2026-03-19T11:01:57Z")

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Here we look at how to make use of a file wrapper when combining files which use ‘include file protection’ in your ionCube project with files that don’t. This is a very old legacy article and so the screenshots are behind the times a little.

Mixing unencoded and encoded files with include file protection

> **[Mixing unencoded and encoded files with include file protection - ionCube Blog](https://blog.ioncube.com/2014/12/15/mixing-encoded-unencoded-files/)**
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> How to mix unencoded & encoded files which use 'include file protection', a feature in ionCube used to protect from unauthorised includes.

This article explains how to safely mix encoded files which use ‘include file protection’ and plain PHP files.

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