A lot of licensed and some cost-free script-driven applications have protected code, which is not human readable. The idea behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering and the unwanted use of such apps. Among the most popular file encryption software instruments used for this purpose is known as Zend Guard and it is used widely since it can be used to modify any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encrypted files to work properly on a web server after that is if one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. If you wish to use any kind of paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your site. Also, websites which need the tool can perform better because their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed faster.
Zend Optimizer in Shared Web Hosting
Zend Optimizer comes with all servers that are part of our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform. Regardless of which shared web hosting you choose, you can take advantage of the instrument so that any script application which needs it will work flawlessly in your account. By using a handy software tool from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all the website hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate different settings with a single button. Zend Optimizer is one of them, so even if this happens to be your very first website hosting account ever, you won't experience any troubles. In the same area you can also select the PHP version for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, which means that whenever you move to one that you haven't used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with just a click. Because our platform allows you to work with several PHP releases at once, more experienced users can activate the tool for a specific site with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We offer Zend Optimizer with all our semi-dedicated servers. It's available on our revolutionary cloud platform, so if any script-driven app which you wish to use requires it to work, you just have to enable it with a click from your Hepsia Control Panel. You will find Zend in the PHP Configuration section where you can also switch the PHP version which your web hosting account uses. For every new version that you set, just click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you are all set. Hepsia remembers your selection for previously used versions of PHP, which means that you will not need to do this every time. If you have more experience, you'll be able to take advantage of the versatility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file to set a different PHP release and activate/deactivate Zend Optimizer for a particular website without altering the overall settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.