A lot of licensed and some free of cost script-driven applications have protected code, that isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the not authorized usage of such applications. One of the most popular encryption tools used for this particular purpose is called Zend Guard and it is widespread due to the fact that it can be used to modify any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the protected files to work correctly on a web server after that is if another instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. If you want to work with any paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it's installed on the server where you'll host your website. Also, websites that need the tool usually perform better as their program code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

If you acquire a Linux web hosting service from us, you will be able to choose the PHP release, which will be active for the account depending on what your script applications need. You can activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you are able to take advantage of a compact software tool which will allow you to manage the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, which means that you will not need any previous knowledge since enabling Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More experienced users will be able to do the same by adding a php.ini file with the needed program code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the tool, you can contact our tech support team at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we offer and it'll take you just a couple of clicks to do this. After you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you need to visit the PHP Configuration section where you will find various options and On/Off buttons for them. Zend is one of these options, therefore you won't need to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. Since you can also change the PHP release for your account from the same section, you will need to enable Zend for any new version that you use. Of course, we've also left the possibility for more knowledgeable users to set the PHP release 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 only for this specific site, but not for the web hosting account as a whole.