Plenty of licensed and some cost-free script-driven applications have encrypted code, that is not human readable. The concept behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the not authorized use of such apps. Among the most popular encryption software tools used for this particular purpose is named Zend Guard and it is very popular since 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 the right way on a web server subsequently is if another instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. When you'd like to use any kind of paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your site. In addition, sites which need the tool tend to perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it's executed more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

If you purchase a Linux web hosting from us, you can pick the PHP release, which will be active for your account based on what your script apps require. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Once you go to this area, you will be able to use a small tool which will allow you to handle 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 experience considering that enabling Zend Optimizer will be as simple as clicking a button. More experienced users will be able to do the same by adding a php.ini file with the required code in a specific domain folder. If you need any help to activate the instrument, you'll be able to contact our tech support crew at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we provide and it will take you just a couple of clicks to do that. Once you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you should go to the PHP Configuration section where you'll find various options and On/Off buttons for all of them. Zend is one of these options, which means that you don't need to do anything more difficult than clicking on its button. Because you can also change the PHP version for your account through the very same section, you will have to activate Zend for any new version that you use. Of course, we've also left the possibility for more knowledgeable users to set the PHP version as well as the status of Zend Optimizer manually by placing a php.ini file in a specific domain folder. The file will have effect just for this particular site, but not for the hosting account as a whole.