Zend Optimizer is a tool, that's required to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a popular app that is employed to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the idea to protect them from tampering with the program code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by numerous organizations which develop paid script applications, so if you purchase such an app for your website, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you'll host it. If you are a programmer, you can also use Zend Guard to protect your code and ensure that your website visitors or clients will not be able to change it in whatever way. Sites that use Zend Optimizer generally perform much better due to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, thus it is already optimized and will be executed more rapidly.
Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting
When you obtain a Linux cloud hosting from our company, you have the option to choose the PHP release, that will be active for the account depending on what your script applications require. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for any of the versions that we offer - 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 software tool which will allow you to control the php.ini file for your account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions with On and Off buttons, so you won't need any previous experience as activating Zend Optimizer will be as simple as clicking a button. More skilled users can do the same by adding a php.ini file with the necessary code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the tool, you're able to contact our tech support crew at any time.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We offer Zend Optimizer with all of our semi-dedicated servers. It is available on our avant-garde cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven application that you want to use requires it to work, you just have to activate it with a click from your Hepsia Control Panel. You shall find Zend in the PHP Configuration area where you may also switch the PHP release that your website hosting account uses. For each and every new version that you set, simply click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you are all set. Hepsia will remember your selection for previously used releases of PHP, which means that you will not have to do this each and every time. If you have more experience, you're able to take advantage of the flexibility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file to set a different PHP release and activate/deactivate Zend Optimizer for a particular website without altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.