Zend Optimizer is a tool, which is needed to run files protected with Zend Guard - a widespread 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 plenty of organizations that develop paid script applications, so when you acquire such an application for your website, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you'll host it. If you're a programmer, you may also use Zend Guard to secure your program code and ensure that your website visitors or customers will not be able to change it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer usually perform much better due to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, so it's already optimized and will be executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting

Zend Optimizer is available on our custom-built cloud platform and you'll be able to use it regardless of the website hosting package that you select. It can be activated through the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all of the accounts and it'll take you as little as several clicks to do that. Given that we support a number of different 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 will need to enable Zend Optimizer each time you change the version to one you haven't used so far. This is very simple though - the php.ini file where you can activate and deactivate various PHP extensions can be managed with a point-and-click instrument, so you don't need any kind of programming skills or previous practical experience. Our web hosting services allow you to run any script-driven app that requires Zend Optimizer without difficulties, still if you are unsure how to proceed, you will be able to contact our 24/7 technical support crew and they'll activate the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We have set up Zend Optimizer on all the servers which are part of our hi-tech cloud website hosting platform and due to the fact that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can activate and use Zend for any kind of script app which you need to use with no more than a click. In addition, you can select the PHP release which will be active for your account, so if you move to some other release, you only have to go to the Advanced section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it's as easy as that. In case you switch the version back, Zend will already be active. More experienced users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP release and to activate Zend Optimizer just for a single website by putting a php.ini file with the needed program code inside the corresponding domain folder.