Plenty of licensed and some free script-driven applications have encrypted code, which isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to stop the reverse engineering and the unauthorized usage of such applications. Among the most popular encryption tools used for this purpose is called Zend Guard and it is popular due to the fact that it can be used to modify any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encrypted files to run the right way on a web server afterwards is if a second tool called Zend Optimizer is present. In case you wish to use any paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you should ensure that it's set up on the server where you'll host your website. Furthermore, websites that require the tool can perform better since their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it is executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on our custom-made cloud platform and you can use it whatever the cloud hosting package that you choose. It can be enabled from the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all of the accounts and it'll take you as little as several clicks to do this. Due to the fact that we support several different releases of 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), you'll have to activate Zend Optimizer every time you switch the version to one you have not used yet. This is very simple though - the php.ini file where you can activate and deactivate various PHP extensions can be managed with a point-and-click instrument, and you won't need any programming skills or previous expertise. Our web hosting services allow you to run any script-driven application that needs Zend Optimizer with no difficulties, but when you're not sure what to do, you'll be able to contact our 24/7 tech support team and they will activate the instrument for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can enable Zend Optimizer with each semi-dedicated server that we offer and it'll take you just a few clicks to do that. When you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you have to visit the PHP Configuration section where you'll find various options and On/Off buttons for each of them. Zend is among these options, which means that you do not have to do anything more complicated than clicking on its button. As you can also switch the PHP version for your account from the same section, you'll have to enable Zend for any new version which you use. Of course, we've also left the possibility for more knowledgeable users to set both the PHP release as well as the status of Zend Optimizer manually by placing a php.ini file in a specific domain folder. The file will have effect only for this specific website, but not for the web hosting account in general.