Zend Optimizer is a software instrument, that's required to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a popular app that 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 a lot of corporations which develop paid script apps, so in case you get 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 may also use Zend Guard to secure your program code and ensure that your site visitors or clients won't be able to alter it in whatever way. Sites that use Zend Optimizer often perform better owing to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, so it's already optimized and will be executed much faster.

Zend Optimizer in Hosting

If you purchase a hosting plan from us, you can select the PHP release, which will be active for the account based on what your script apps require. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Once you go to this area, you'll be able to use a compact software tool that will allow you to manage the php.ini file for your account and enable or disable PHP extensions with On and Off buttons, therefore you will not need any previous experience because activating Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More advanced users will be able to do the same by adding a php.ini file with the needed code in a specific domain folder. If you need any help to activate the tool, you are able to contact our technical support team at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is present on all servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, therefore you'll be able to use it for all your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It will be available all the time even when you switch the PHP release for your account because 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 your version and activating Zend Optimizer for the new one takes a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel that is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. In addition, you can even use a different version of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for every single site that you host from your account. This is possible by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a few lines of program code in it. In case you do not have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 support can help you.