Plenty of licensed and some free of cost script-driven apps have encoded code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the not authorized use of such applications. Among the most popular file encryption software instruments used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it's popular due to the fact that it can be used to modify any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encrypted files to run efficiently on a web server after that is when an additional instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. If you wish to work with any type of paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you should make sure that it's installed on the server where you will host your site. Also, websites that need the instrument will perform better since their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Hosting

When you obtain a Linux hosting service through our company, you'll be able to pick the PHP version, that will be active for the account according to what your script applications require. You can activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for any of the releases that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Once you go to this section, you will be able to take advantage of a compact tool which will allow you to handle the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, which means that you won't need any kind of previous knowledge because enabling Zend Optimizer is as easy as clicking a button. More skilled users will be able to do the same thing by adding a php.ini file with the necessary code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the tool, you will be able to contact our tech support team anytime.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers that comprise our cluster hosting platform, so you will be able to use it for your script-driven applications with all of our semi-dedicated server packages. It'll be available at all times even when you switch the PHP release for your account as our feature-rich platform allows you to choose between PHP 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2. Both changing the version and activating Zend Optimizer for the new one takes just a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts. What's more, you may even employ a different version of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for each individual website that you host in your account. This is possible by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a couple of lines of program code inside it. If you do not have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 technical support can assist you.