Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that is needed to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a well-known app which is used to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the purpose to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by a great number of organizations which develop paid script apps, so in case you acquire 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 can also use Zend Guard to secure your code and ensure that your website visitors or clients will not be able to alter it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer generally perform much better owing to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, thus it's already optimized and will be executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer comes with all the servers which are part of our innovative cloud website hosting platform. No matter which Linux web hosting you choose, you will be able to activate the software tool to ensure that any kind of script app that requires it will work properly within your account. By using a convenient software instrument from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with all the website hosting accounts, you will be able to activate and deactivate various functions with a button. Zend Optimizer is one of them, so even if this is your first web hosting account ever, you will not have any troubles. In the same area you can also select the PHP version for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, and each time you switch to one that you have not used yet, you can enable Zend Optimizer for it with just a click. Since our platform allows you to take advantage of a couple of PHP versions at once, more experienced users can enable the instrument for an individual website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

Zend Optimizer is installed on all of the servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, which means that you can use it for all your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server packages. It is available all of the time even if you switch the PHP release for your account as our feature-rich platform allows you to choose 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 just a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel which is used to control the semi-dedicated accounts. Furthermore, you may even use a different release of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for every single domain that you host in the account. You can do this by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a few lines of code inside it. If you don't have previous experience and you are not sure how to do that, our 24/7 tech assistance will assist.