Zend Optimizer is an instrument, that is needed to execute files encrypted with Zend Guard - a popular app that is employed to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the purpose to protect them from tampering with the program code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by many organizations which make paid script apps, so if you purchase such an application for your website, you will most likely need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you'll host it. In case you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to protect your program code and ensure that your site visitors or customers will not be able to change it in any way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer usually perform much better owing to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it's already optimized and will be executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on our tailor-made cloud platform and you can use it whatever the web hosting package that you choose. It can be activated from the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with all accounts and it will take you just a few clicks to do that. Considering that we support numerous versions 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 have to enable Zend Optimizer every time you change the version to one you have not used so far. This is very simple though - the php.ini file where you can enable and deactivate various PHP extensions can be handled with a point-and-click application, so you do not need any computer programming skills or previous experience. Our website hosting services allow you to run any script-driven app that requires Zend Optimizer with no troubles, still when you are not sure how to proceed, you'll be able to get in touch with our 24/7 tech support team and they can enable the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can activate Zend Optimizer with every single semi-dedicated server that we supply and it'll take you just a few clicks to do this. When you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you need to visit the PHP Configuration section where you can find various options and On/Off buttons for all of them. Zend is one of these options, so you do not have to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. Because you can also change the PHP release for your account through the very same section, you'll have to activate Zend for any new version that you use. Furthermore, we have also left the option for more knowledgeable users to set both the PHP version as well as the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a particular domain folder. The file will have effect only for this specific website, but not for the web hosting account in general.