Plenty of licensed and some free script-driven applications have encoded code, that is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering as well as the unwanted use of such apps. One of the most popular file encryption software tools used for this purpose is known as Zend Guard and it's widely used due to the fact that it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the protected files to work correctly on a web server after that is when another instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. In case you wish to employ any paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your site. In addition, websites that need the instrument will perform better due to the fact that their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting

When you buy a Linux website hosting plan through our company, you are able to select 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 any of the versions that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you'll be able to employ a small tool that will allow you to handle the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, which means that you will not need any kind of previous knowledge as enabling Zend Optimizer is as easy as clicking a button. More advanced users can do the same by placing a php.ini file with the needed program code in a particular domain folder. If you need any help to activate the tool, you will be able to contact our technical support team at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We've installed Zend Optimizer on all the servers which are a part of our top-notch cloud web hosting platform and since all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you'll be able to activate and use Zend for any script application which you would like to use with no more than a single click. In addition, you can select the PHP version which will be active for your account, thus if you move to a different release, you just need to go to the Advanced part of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it's as easy as that. In case you change the version back, Zend will already be active. More experienced users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP version and to enable Zend Optimizer just for a single site by placing a php.ini file with the needed code in the corresponding domain folder.