Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that is required to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a popular application which is used to encrypt 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 many companies that make paid script apps, so in case you obtain such an application for your site, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you'll host it. If you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to secure 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 generally perform much better because their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it is already optimized and will be executed a lot faster.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Website Hosting

Zend Optimizer is accessible on our in-house made cloud platform and you can use it whatever the cloud website hosting plan that you select. It can be enabled through the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all accounts and it'll take you just several clicks to do that. Given that we support numerous 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 will have to activate Zend Optimizer each time you change the version to one you haven't used so far. This is very easy though - the php.ini file where you can enable and deactivate various PHP extensions can be operated with a point-and-click application, so you will not need any kind of coding skills or previous practical experience. Our hosting services will allow you to run any script-driven app that needs Zend Optimizer with no difficulties, but if you are not sure what you should do, you are able to contact our 24/7 technical support crew and they will enable the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We've set up Zend Optimizer on all servers which are part of our revolutionary cloud hosting platform and since all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can activate and use Zend for any kind of script application that you would like to use with just a single click. You can also select the PHP release which will be active for your account, thus if you switch to some other version, you just have to go to the Advanced part of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it is as easy as that. If you change the version back, Zend will already be active. More tech-savvy users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP version and to enable Zend Optimizer just for a single website by placing a php.ini file with the required program code in the corresponding domain folder.