Numerous licensed and some free script-driven apps have protected program code, which isn't human readable. The idea behind this is to stop the reverse engineering and the not authorized usage of such applications. One of the most popular encryption tools used for this specific purpose is named Zend Guard and it is widely used because it can be used to modify any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the protected files to work the right way on a web server after that is when another instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. If you would like to employ any kind of paid web software which requires Zend Optimizer, you need to make sure that it is set up on the server where you will host your site. Furthermore, websites which need the instrument usually perform better as their code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it is executed more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer is installed on all the servers that are part of our modern cloud hosting platform. No matter which Linux web hosting package you choose, you will be able to use the software instrument to guarantee that any kind of script app which requires it will work perfectly within your account. Using a convenient instrument from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all of the website hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate different options with one button. Zend Optimizer is one of these, so even if this happens to be your first website hosting account ever, you won't have any problems. In the exact same area you can also choose the PHP version for your account - 4 and several versions of 5, which means that each time you switch to one that you have not used yet, you can enable Zend Optimizer for it with a click. Since our platform enables you to employ multiple PHP versions at the same time, more advanced users can activate the instrument for a particular website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

We provide Zend Optimizer with all our Linux semi-dedicated packages. It is available on our cutting-edge cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven application which you wish to use requires it to work, you just need to activate it with a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. You will find Zend in the PHP Configuration area where you can also change the PHP version which your hosting account uses. For any new release which you set, simply click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you'll be all set. Hepsia remembers your selection for previously used versions of PHP, so you will not have to do this every time. In the event that you have more experience, you are able to take advantage of the flexibility of our cloud platform and use a php.ini file in order to set a different PHP release and activate/deactivate Zend Optimizer for a particular website without altering the settings for the entire semi-dedicated server account.