A lot of licensed and some free script-driven applications have encoded program code, which isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to stop the reverse engineering and the unauthorized use of such apps. Among the most popular file encryption software instruments used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it is very popular since it can be used to modify any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encoded files to run properly on a web server after that is when one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. In case you wish to use any paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it's installed on the server where you will host your website. Furthermore, websites which need the instrument generally perform better because their code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

If you purchase a Linux cloud hosting package through our company, you are able to choose the PHP version, that will be active for the account according to what your script apps need. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced area of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for all of the versions that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this area, you will be able to employ a compact tool which will allow you to manage the php.ini file for the account and enable or disable PHP extensions with On and Off buttons, which means that you won't need any kind of previous experience because activating Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More experienced users will be able to do the same thing by placing a php.ini file with the needed code in a particular domain folder. If you need any assistance to activate the tool, you can contact our tech support crew at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to enable Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we offer and it takes only a couple of clicks to do that. When you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you should head to the PHP Configuration section where you'll find various options and On/Off buttons for each of them. Zend is one of these options, which means that you will not need to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. Since you can also switch the PHP release for your account from the very same section, you will have to activate Zend for any new version which you use. In addition, we've also left the option for more experienced users to set both the PHP release as well as 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 website hosting account in general.