Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that's required to execute files encrypted with Zend Guard - a popular application that is used to encrypt PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the objective to protect them from tampering with the program code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by lots of corporations which create paid script apps, so in case you buy such an application for your website, you'll most likely need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you'll host it. If you're a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to protect your program code and make sure that your website visitors or clients won't be able to change it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer often perform better since their PHP code is precompiled, so it's already optimized and will be executed much faster.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

All of the web hosting accounts that we provide are generated on our state-of-the-art cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers which are a part of the clusters. Because of this, you'll be able to set up and execute script-driven applications which need Zend irrespective of the plan that you pick upon signup. The user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with the accounts shall make the control over your world wide web presence a breeze and enabling Zend Optimizer is not an exception because it will take a single click to do this. Of course, more experienced users can also place a php.ini file in a given domain folder and take advantage of Zend just for a specific domain name. Because you can switch between a variety of PHP versions, you can enable Zend Optimizer for any of them in exactly the same way and manage both new and older applications within the same account.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is available on all servers that comprise our cluster website hosting platform, therefore you will be able to use it for all your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It'll be available all of the time even if you switch the PHP version 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 just a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you may also use a different release of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for every single site that you host in your account. This is possible by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with a few lines of code in it. If you do not have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 tech support will assist.