A lot of licensed and some free of cost script-driven apps have encrypted program code, which is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the unauthorized use of such apps. One of the most popular encryption software instruments used for this particular purpose is called Zend Guard and it is commonly used because it can be used to modify all PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the encoded files to run properly on a web server after that is if an extra tool called Zend Optimizer is there. In case you would like to use any type of paid web software that needs Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it is set up on the server where you'll host your site. In addition, websites which require the tool can perform better as their program code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

Zend Optimizer is accessible on our in-house made cloud platform and you'll be able to use it regardless of the cloud hosting package that you select. It can be activated from the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all accounts and it'll take you only a few clicks to do this. Given that we support numerous releases of 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), you'll need to activate Zend Optimizer each time you switch the version to one you haven't used so far. This is really easy though - the php.ini file where you can activate and disable various PHP extensions can be managed with a point-and-click instrument, and you do not need any computer programming skills or previous practical experience. Our web hosting services will allow you to run any script-driven application which needs Zend Optimizer without troubles, still in case you're not sure what you should do, you can contact our 24/7 technical support team and they will activate the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is installed on all of the servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, which means that you are able to use it for all your script-driven apps with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. It is available all of the time even if you change the PHP version for your account as 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 hosting Control Panel that is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. What's more, you can also employ a different version of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single website that you host in your account. You can do this by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a couple of lines of code inside it. If you do not have previous experience and you are not sure how to do this, our 24/7 tech assistance can help you.