Zend Optimizer is a tool, that's required to execute files encoded with Zend Guard - a widespread app which is employed to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the idea to protect them from tampering with the program code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by plenty of corporations which make paid script apps, so if you purchase such an app for your site, you'll most likely need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you'll host it. In case you are a programmer, you can also use Zend Guard to protect your program code and make sure that your website visitors or customers will not be able to change it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer generally perform better because their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it's already optimized and will be executed a lot quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Web Hosting

All the cloud web hosting accounts which we offer are created on our leading-edge cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is present on all of the servers which are part of the clusters. Therefore, you can set up and execute script-driven apps which need Zend regardless of the plan that you select upon signup. The easy to navigate Hepsia Control Panel which is included with the accounts shall make the management of your web presence very simple and activating Zend Optimizer makes no exception as it will take just a single click to do it. In addition, more experienced users can also put a php.ini file in a specific domain folder and activate Zend just for a particular domain name. As you can switch between a variety of PHP releases, you'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer for any of them in the very same way and manage both new and older apps in the same account.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We have installed Zend Optimizer on all the servers that are a part of our innovative cloud web hosting platform and considering that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can activate and employ Zend for any kind of script app that you want to use with just a click. In addition, you can choose the PHP version that will be active for your account, so if you switch to some other version, you only need 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 change the version back, Zend will already be active. More tech-savvy users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP release and to activate Zend Optimizer only for a single website by putting a php.ini file with the needed code inside the corresponding domain folder.