A lot of licensed and some free script-driven applications have protected code, which is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering as well as the unauthorized usage of such applications. Among the most popular encryption instruments used for this purpose is called Zend Guard and it is used widely as it can be used to change all PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the protected files to run correctly on a web server afterwards is when another instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. In case you'd like to work with any paid web software that needs Zend Optimizer, you need to ensure that it's installed on the server where you'll host your website. Furthermore, sites which need the tool tend to perform better since their program code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it's executed more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Website Hosting

Zend Optimizer is set up on all the servers which are part of our modern cloud web hosting platform. Regardless of which cloud website hosting plan you select, you will be able to use the software instrument to ensure that any kind of script app which needs it will work properly within your account. By using a handy software tool from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with all of the web hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate a variety of settings with a button. Zend Optimizer will be one of them, so even if this is your first website hosting account ever, you won't experience any difficulties. In the exact same section you can also choose the PHP release for your account - 4 and numerous versions of 5, and whenever you switch to one that you have not used yet, you can enable Zend Optimizer for it with a click. Because our platform enables you to employ multiple PHP releases simultaneously, more experienced users can enable the tool for an individual website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers that comprise our cluster website hosting platform, which means that you will be able to use it for all your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server packages. It will be available at all times even if you change the PHP release for your account because our feature-rich platform will allow you to choose from 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 few clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel that is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you can even use a different version of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for each individual website that you host in the account. This is possible by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a couple of lines of program code in it. If you don't have previous experience and you are unsure how to do this, our 24/7 tech support can assist you.