Lots of licensed and some cost-free script-driven apps have protected code, which isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering as well as the illegal usage of such applications. One of the most popular encryption tools used for this particular purpose is called Zend Guard and it is widely used because it can be used to modify any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the protected files to work properly on a web server after that is if an extra instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. In case you'd like to use any kind of paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it's installed on the server where you'll host your website. In addition, sites that require the instrument tend to perform better since their code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it's executed quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

Zend Optimizer is present on our tailor-made cloud platform and you're able to use it regardless of the cloud hosting package that you select. It can be enabled through the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with all the accounts and it will take you only several clicks to do this. Given that we support several different versions 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 enable Zend Optimizer each time you change the version to one you haven't used yet. This is very easy though - the php.ini file where you can activate and disable various PHP extensions can be handled with a point-and-click instrument, so you won't need any computer programming skills or previous practical experience. Our website hosting services will allow you to run any script-driven app that requires Zend Optimizer without troubles, still if you're unsure how to proceed, you will be able to contact our 24/7 technical support team and they can activate the tool for you.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

We offer Zend Optimizer with all our semi-dedicated packages. It is present on our avant-garde cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven app which you wish to use requires it to function, you just have to activate it with a click in your Hepsia Control Panel. You shall find Zend in the PHP Configuration area where you can also change the PHP release that your web hosting account uses. For every new version that you set, simply click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you will be all set. Hepsia remembers your choice for previously used releases of PHP, so you won't need to do that each time. In case you have more experience, you're able to take advantage of the flexibility of our cloud platform and use a php.ini file to set another PHP version and enable/disable Zend Optimizer for a specific domain name without altering the overall settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.