Zend Optimizer is an instrument, which is needed to execute files encoded with Zend Guard - a well-known app that is employed to encrypt 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 large number of companies which develop paid script apps, so if you obtain such an app for your site, you'll most likely need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you will host it. In case you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to protect your program code and ensure that your website visitors or clients won't be able to change it in whatever way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer often perform better owing to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, thus it's already optimized and will be executed much more rapidly.
Zend Optimizer in Cloud Web Hosting
If you obtain a cloud web hosting through our company, you can pick the PHP release, that will be active for the account depending on what your script apps need. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel for any of the versions that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Once you go to this area, you're able to employ a small tool which will allow you to handle the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, therefore you won't need any kind of previous knowledge since activating Zend Optimizer is as simple as clicking a button. More advanced users can do the same thing by placing a php.ini file with the needed program code in a particular domain folder. If you need any help to activate the tool, you'll be able to contact our technical support team at any time.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We've installed Zend Optimizer on all the servers which are a part of our revolutionary cloud hosting platform and considering that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can enable and employ Zend for any kind of script application which you wish to use with no more than a click. In addition, you can select the PHP release which will be active for your account, so if you move to another release, you only have to go to the Advanced part of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it is as simple as that. If you switch the version back, Zend will already be active. More experienced users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP version and to activate Zend Optimizer just for a single site by putting a php.ini file with the needed code inside the corresponding domain folder.