Plenty of licensed and some free script-driven apps have encoded code, which is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the illegal use of such apps. One of the most popular encryption software instruments used for this purpose is known as Zend Guard and it is popular due to the fact that it can be used to change any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the protected files to work effectively on a web server afterwards is if one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. If you'd like to employ any kind of paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you should ensure that it's set up on the server where you will host your website. Also, websites that need the tool can perform better as their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

Zend Optimizer comes with all servers that are part of our revolutionary cloud website hosting platform. No matter which shared package you pick, you'll be able to use the instrument to guarantee that any script app that needs it will function perfectly as part of your account. By using a convenient software tool in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all the web hosting accounts, you'll be able to activate and deactivate a variety of functions with one button. Zend Optimizer will be one of them, so even if this is your first web hosting account ever, you won't encounter any troubles. In the very same section you can also choose the PHP release for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, thus each time you move to one that you have not used yet, you can enable Zend Optimizer for it with a click. Because our platform enables you to work with several PHP versions simultaneously, more advanced users can activate the tool for an individual site with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on all servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, which means that you will be able to use it for your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It will be available at all times even if you change the PHP release for your account as our feature-rich platform allows you to choose from 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 a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you can also employ a different version of PHP and enable or disable Zend for each individual site that you host from your account. This is possible by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with a couple of lines of program code in it. If you do not have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 support can help you.