Lots of licensed and some cost-free script-driven apps have encrypted code, that isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the illegal usage of such applications. Among the most popular encryption software instruments used for this specific purpose is known as Zend Guard and it is very popular because it can be used to alter any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the protected files to work properly on a web server subsequently is if an extra tool called Zend Optimizer is available. In the event that you want to employ any paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it's set up on the server where you will host your website. Also, sites that need the tool usually perform better because their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

All of the shared hosting accounts which we offer are generated on our cutting-edge cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers that are part of the clusters. For that reason, you can set up and execute script-driven apps which require Zend irrespective of the package that you select upon registration. The user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel that comes with the accounts shall make the management of your online presence very easy and enabling Zend Optimizer is not an exception due to the fact that it'll take a single click to do this. Of course, more experienced users can also put a php.ini file in a particular domain folder and activate Zend only for a particular domain name. Because you can switch between a number of different PHP releases, you'll be able to enable Zend Optimizer for all of them in exactly the same way and manage both new and older apps in the same account.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

We offer Zend Optimizer with all our semi-dedicated hosting. It's available on our revolutionary cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven application that you'd like to use requires it to work, you just have to enable it with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll find Zend in the PHP Configuration section where you can also change the PHP release that your website hosting account uses. For each new version that you set, simply click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you will be all set. Hepsia will remember your selection for previously used versions of PHP, which means that you won't have to do this each time. In case you have more experience, you can benefit from the flexibility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file in order to set another PHP version and enable/disable Zend Optimizer for a particular domain name without altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.