Plenty of licensed and some cost-free script-driven applications have protected program code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the illegal use of such apps. One of the most popular encryption tools used for this specific purpose is named Zend Guard and it's used widely because it can be used to alter any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the protected files to run correctly on a web server afterwards is if an additional instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. When you wish to employ any kind of paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it's set up on the server where you will host your website. Furthermore, sites that require the tool tend to perform better since their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting

When you obtain a Linux website hosting package through us, you will be able to pick the PHP version, that will be active for the account based on what your script applications require. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel for all 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 compact software tool that will allow you to control the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, so you will not need any kind of previous knowledge as activating Zend Optimizer will be 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 code in a particular domain folder. If you need any help to activate the tool, you will be able to contact our technical support crew at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is featured on all of the servers that comprise our cluster website hosting platform, which means that you're able to use it for all of your script-driven applications with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It'll be available all of the time even when you change the PHP version for your account since our feature-rich platform allows you to choose between 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 just a few clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel which is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. Furthermore, you can even use a different version of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single domain that you host from your account. This is possible by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with a couple of lines of code inside it. If you don't have previous experience and you aren't sure how to do this, our 24/7 technical support can help you.