Numerous licensed and some cost-free script-driven apps have encrypted program code, that isn't human readable. The concept behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering as well as the illegal use of such applications. One of the most popular encryption software instruments used for this specific purpose is named Zend Guard and it's very popular 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 protected files to work correctly on a web server after that is if an extra tool called Zend Optimizer is present. If you would like to use any kind of paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it's installed on the server where you will host your site. In addition, sites that need the instrument generally perform better as their code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting

If you acquire a website hosting service through our company, you can pick the PHP version, that will be active for your account depending on what your script apps need. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you're able to take advantage of a small tool that will allow you to handle the php.ini file for your account and enable or disable PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, therefore you won't need any kind of previous knowledge considering that activating Zend Optimizer is as easy as clicking a button. More experienced users will be able to do the same thing by placing a php.ini file with the required program code in a specific domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the instrument, you will be able to contact our tech support crew at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to enable Zend Optimizer with each semi-dedicated server that we offer and it takes just a few clicks to do this. Once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you should visit the PHP Configuration section where you can find many different options and On/Off buttons for each of them. Zend is among these options, which means that you won't have to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. As you can also change the PHP release for your account from the same section, you will need to enable Zend for any new version which you use. Of course, we have also left the option for more knowledgeable users to set both the PHP version as well as the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a particular domain folder. The file will have effect just for this specific website, but not for the web hosting account as a whole.