Plenty of licensed and some cost-free script-driven applications have encrypted code, that is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the illegal usage of such applications. Among the most popular file encryption software instruments used for this purpose is called Zend Guard and it is very popular since it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encoded files to run efficiently on a web server after that is when one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. When you'd like to use any kind of paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you should ensure that it is set up on the server where you will host your website. Furthermore, websites which require the instrument usually perform better as their code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it's executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on our custom-built cloud platform and you can use it regardless of the web hosting package that you choose. It can be activated through the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all accounts and it will take you only a few clicks to do this. Since we support several 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 will have to activate Zend Optimizer every time you change the version to one you have not used so far. This is very simple though - the php.ini file where you can enable and deactivate various PHP extensions can be operated with a point-and-click software instrument, and you do not need any computer programming skills or previous experience. Our hosting services allow you to run any script-driven app which needs Zend Optimizer without any difficulties, but if you are unsure what to do, you are able to contact our 24/7 technical support team and they can enable the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We have set up Zend Optimizer on all servers that are part of our revolutionary cloud hosting platform and considering that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you will be able to enable and use Zend for any script app that you would like to use with just a click. In addition, you can select the PHP version which will be active for your account, thus if you move to another version, you only have to go to the Advanced section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it's as simple as that. If you change the version back, Zend will already be active. More tech-savvy users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP version and to activate Zend Optimizer only for a single site by putting a php.ini file with the needed program code inside the corresponding domain folder.