A lot of licensed and some free script-driven apps have encoded program code, that is not human readable. The concept behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the not authorized usage of such applications. Among the most popular encryption software instruments used for this purpose is known as Zend Guard and it is widespread since it can be used to alter any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encoded files to work efficiently on a web server subsequently is when an additional tool called Zend Optimizer is present. When you want to use any kind of paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you need to make sure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your website. In addition, sites which need the instrument tend to perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Website Hosting

If you buy a shared website hosting service through our company, you have the option to select the PHP version, that will be active for your account depending on what your script applications require. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you can employ a compact tool which will allow you to handle the php.ini file for your account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, therefore you will not need any previous experience as activating Zend Optimizer is as simple as clicking a button. More skilled users can do the same thing by adding a php.ini file with the required program code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any assistance to activate the instrument, you're able to contact our technical support crew at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We offer Zend Optimizer with all our semi-dedicated servers. It's installed on our innovative cloud platform, which means that if any script-driven app that you wish to use requires it to function, you just have to enable it with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel. You shall find Zend in the PHP Configuration area where you can also change the PHP version which your web hosting account uses. For any new release that you set, just click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you are all set. Hepsia will remember your choice for previously used releases of PHP, so you will not have to do that each time. If you have more experience, you'll be able to take full advantage of the flexibility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file to set another PHP version and activate/deactivate Zend Optimizer for a particular site without the need of altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.