Many licensed and some free of cost script-driven apps have protected program code, that isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the unwanted use of such applications. Among the most popular encryption instruments used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it's widely used due to the fact that it can be used to alter any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encoded files to work efficiently on a web server afterwards is when an additional instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. In case you would like to employ any paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you should ensure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your website. In addition, sites that require the tool usually perform better due to the fact that their code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it's executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

Zend Optimizer is installed on all the servers that are part of our modern cloud hosting platform. Regardless of which shared hosting plan you get, you will be able to use the software tool to guarantee that any kind of script app that needs it will function perfectly as part of your account. Using a handy software instrument from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all the web hosting accounts, you'll be able to activate and deactivate many different settings with a single button. Zend Optimizer is one of these, so even if this is your first web hosting account ever, you will not have any troubles. In the same section you can also choose the PHP release for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, thus any time you change to one that you have not used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with a single click. Since our platform allows you to employ several PHP versions simultaneously, more advanced users can enable the instrument for a specific site with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can enable Zend Optimizer with each and every semi-dedicated server that we provide and it will take you just a few clicks to do this. Once you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you have to go to the PHP Configuration section where you can find a variety of options and On/Off buttons for each one of them. Zend is among these options, which means that you do not have to do anything more complicated than clicking on its button. Because you can also change the PHP version for your account through the very same section, you will have to activate Zend for any new version that you use. Furthermore, we've also left the option for more experienced users to set both the PHP release and the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a specific domain folder. The file will have effect just for this specific site, but not for the web hosting account in general.