Zend Optimizer

Zend Optimizer is a useful software tool that can raise the performance your PHP apps. Discover why and how you can enable it.

Numerous licensed and some free script-driven applications have encrypted code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering as well as the unauthorized use of such apps. Among the most popular file encryption tools used for this particular purpose is called Zend Guard and it's widely used due to the fact that it can be used to alter any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the encrypted files to run properly on a web server subsequently is if another tool called Zend Optimizer is present. When you want to use any paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you need to make sure that it's installed on the server where you will host your website. In addition, sites that require the instrument generally perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it's executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Hosting

If you purchase a Linux hosting package through our company, you'll be able to select the PHP release, that will be active for your account according to what your script applications need. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel for any of the versions that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this area, you'll be able to take advantage of a compact software tool that will allow you to handle the php.ini file for your account and enable or disable PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, therefore you will not need any kind of previous knowledge considering that activating Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More skilled users will be able to do the same by adding a php.ini file with the necessary code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the instrument, you are able to contact our tech support crew anytime.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on all servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, so you will be able to use it for all your script-driven apps with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. It is available all of the time even if you switch the PHP release for your account since our feature-rich platform will allow 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 the 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 control the semi-dedicated accounts. In addition, you may even employ a different release of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single website that you host in the account. This is possible by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with a few lines of code inside it. In case you do not have previous experience and you are unsure how to do this, our 24/7 support can help you.