Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that's needed to execute files protected with Zend Guard - a well-known app which 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 many companies which create paid script applications, so when you buy such an application for your site, you'll most likely need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you will host it. If you're a programmer, you can also use Zend Guard to secure your program code and make sure that your website visitors or customers won't be able to change it in any way. Websites which use Zend Optimizer usually perform much better as their PHP code is precompiled, thus it is already optimized and will be executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers which are a part of our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform. No matter which shared hosting plan you obtain, you'll be able to activate the instrument to ensure that any kind of script application that needs it will operate properly in your account. Using a handy instrument from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all of the hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate different functions with a button. Zend Optimizer will be one of these, so even if this happens to be your very first website hosting account ever, you won't encounter any difficulties. In the exact same area you can also select the PHP release for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, so each time you change to one that you haven't used yet, you can enable Zend Optimizer for it with a single click. As our platform enables you to employ several PHP versions at the same time, more experienced users can enable the tool for an individual website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is present on all of the servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, so you can use it for all of your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It'll be available all the time even if you switch the PHP version for your account since our feature-rich platform will allow you to choose between 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 few clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts. What's more, you can also employ a different release of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for each individual domain that you host from 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 aren't sure how to do this, our 24/7 support can help you.