Zend Optimizer is a tool, which is required to execute files encrypted with Zend Guard - a well-known application which is employed to encrypt PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the purpose to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by a great number of companies that make paid script apps, so when you purchase such an app for your site, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you will host it. If you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to secure your program code and ensure that your site visitors or customers will be unable to change it in whatever way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer usually perform better since their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it is already optimized and will be executed much more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

When you get a Linux shared hosting from us, you are able to pick the PHP release, that will be active for your account according to what your script applications require. You can activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for any of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you will be able to employ a small tool which will allow you to manage the php.ini file for your account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, therefore you won't need any previous experience as enabling Zend Optimizer is as simple as clicking a button. More advanced users will be able to do the same thing by placing a php.ini file with the needed code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any assistance to activate the instrument, you will be able to contact our technical support team anytime.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

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 of your script-driven applications with any of our semi-dedicated server packages. It will be available all of the time even when you change the PHP release for your account since our feature-rich platform will allow you to select 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 your version and activating Zend Optimizer for the new one takes a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to manage the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you may also employ a different version of PHP and enable or disable Zend for each individual website that you host in the account. You can do this by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with several lines of code in it. If you don't have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 tech support will assist.