Lots of licensed and some free of charge script-driven applications have encoded code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the unwanted usage of such applications. Among the most popular file encryption instruments used for this purpose is called Zend Guard and it is very popular because it can be used to alter any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encrypted files to work effectively on a web server after that is if an additional instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. When you wish to employ any type of paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it is installed on the server where you will host your site. In addition, websites which require the tool can perform better because their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

Zend Optimizer is available on our in-house made cloud platform and you'll be able to use it regardless of the shared hosting plan that you select. It can be activated from the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the accounts and it will take you as little as several clicks to do that. Given that we support several different releases of 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), you will need to activate Zend Optimizer every time you change the version to one you haven't used so far. This is a piece of cake though - the php.ini file where you can enable and deactivate various PHP extensions can be managed with a point-and-click instrument, therefore you will not need any coding skills or previous practical experience. Our web hosting services allow you to run any script-driven app that needs Zend Optimizer without any troubles, still if you are unsure how to proceed, you're able to contact our 24/7 tech support crew and they will enable the instrument for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we supply and it'll take you just a couple of clicks to do this. Once you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you have to visit the PHP Configuration section where you can find many different options and On/Off buttons for each one of them. Zend is among these options, so you don't need to do anything more complicated than clicking on its button. Because you can also switch the PHP version for your account through the same section, you'll need to enable Zend for any new version that you use. In addition, we've also left the option for more experienced users to set both the PHP version and the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a particular domain folder. The file will have effect just for this specific site, but not for the web hosting account as a whole.