Zend Optimizer is an instrument, that is needed to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a well-known app that is used to encode 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 great number of organizations which make paid script apps, so in case you get such an app for your website, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you will host it. In case you are a programmer, you may also use Zend Guard to shield your code and make sure that your website visitors or customers will not be able to change it in any way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer generally perform much better because their PHP code is precompiled, thus it is already optimized and will be executed much faster.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

All of the web hosting accounts which we offer are generated on our advanced cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is present on all of the servers which are a part of the clusters. As a result, you're able to set up and run script-driven applications that require Zend irrespective of the plan that you pick upon registration. The user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel that is featured with the accounts shall make the control over your online presence a piece of cake and activating Zend Optimizer is not an exception because it'll take just a single click to do it. In addition, more experienced users can also insert a php.ini file in a given domain folder and use Zend only for a specific domain. As you can switch between many different PHP versions, you can enable Zend Optimizer for all of them in exactly the same way and run both new and older apps within the same account.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on all servers that comprise our cluster hosting platform, so you're able to use it for all your script-driven apps with any of our semi-dedicated server packages. It will be available all of the time even when you change the PHP version for your account since our feature-rich platform allows you to select from 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 couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel which is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you may even use a different release of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for every single website that you host in your account. This is possible by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a few lines of code in it. In case you do not have previous experience and you aren't sure how to do this, our 24/7 technical assistance will assist.