Zend Optimizer is a software tool, which is needed to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a widespread app which is used to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the objective to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by plenty of companies which make paid script apps, so if you buy such an application for your website, you'll probably 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 shield your program code and ensure that your website visitors or clients will not be able to change it in any way. Sites that use Zend Optimizer generally perform better as their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it is already optimized and will be executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting

If you acquire a Linux website hosting package through our company, you are able to choose the PHP version, that will be active for the account according to what your script apps require. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for all of the versions that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Once you go to this section, you will be able to use a small software tool which will allow you to manage the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, so you will not need any previous knowledge because enabling Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More skilled users will be able to do the same thing by adding a php.ini file with the needed code in a specific domain folder. In case you need any assistance to activate the instrument, you'll be able to contact our technical support team at any time.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with each semi-dedicated server that we provide and it'll take you only a couple of clicks to do this. Once you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you need to head to the PHP Configuration section where you will find many different options and On/Off buttons for each one of them. Zend is one of these options, which means that you will not have to do anything more difficult than clicking on its button. Since you can also switch the PHP release for your account through the same section, you'll need to activate Zend for any new version which you use. In addition, we've also left the option for more experienced users to set both the PHP version and the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a specific domain folder. The file will have effect just for this specific website, but not for the website hosting account as a whole.