Numerous licensed and some free script-driven applications have protected code, that isn't human readable. The concept behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the not authorized usage of such applications. Among the most popular file encryption software tools used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it's used widely as it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encrypted files to run effectively on a web server after that is when an extra tool called Zend Optimizer is present. If you would like to employ any paid web software which requires Zend Optimizer, you should make sure that it's installed on the server where you will host your site. Also, sites which require the tool will perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it is executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer can be found on our in-house built cloud platform and you can use it regardless of the cloud web hosting package that you select. It can be enabled from the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with all the accounts and it will take you as little as several clicks to do that. Because we support a number of 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'll need to enable Zend Optimizer every time you change the version to one you have not used yet. This is a piece of cake though - the php.ini file where you can enable and disable various PHP extensions can be managed with a point-and-click software tool, therefore you don't need any kind of programming skills or previous practical experience. Our web hosting services will allow you to run any script-driven app which requires Zend Optimizer without troubles, but if you are not sure what you should do, you are able to contact our 24/7 technical support team and they can activate the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on all the 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'll be available all the time even if you change the PHP release for your account as 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 couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel that is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts. Furthermore, you may even employ a different release of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single domain that you host in your account. You can do this by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with a few lines of code in it. In case you don't have previous experience and you aren't sure how to do this, our 24/7 tech support can help you.