Zend Optimizer is a tool, that's needed to execute files encoded with Zend Guard - a widespread app which is employed to encode PHP 4 and PHP 5 files with the purpose to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by a great number of companies that make paid script apps, so in case you buy such an app for your site, you will probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you will host it. If you are a programmer, you can also use Zend Guard to secure your code and make sure that your website visitors or clients will be unable to alter it in whatever way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer usually perform better as their PHP code is precompiled, thus it's already optimized and will be executed a lot faster.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting

Zend Optimizer is set up on all the servers that are part of our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform. Regardless of which Linux shared hosting you acquire, you will be able to use the software instrument to guarantee that any kind of script app that requires it will function perfectly within your account. Using a convenient software instrument from the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all of the website hosting accounts, you will be able to activate and deactivate a variety of functions with just a single button. Zend Optimizer will be one of these, so even if this is your very first website hosting account ever, you won't encounter any problems. In the same area you can also choose the PHP version for your account - 4 and numerous versions of 5, which means that any time you move to one that you haven't used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with just a click. As our platform allows you to use a couple of PHP releases at the same time, more experienced users can enable the instrument for a specific website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We've installed Zend Optimizer on all of the servers that are a part of our hi-tech cloud website hosting platform and due to the fact that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can activate and employ Zend for any script app that you would like to use with no more than a click. You can also choose the PHP release which will be active for your account, therefore if you switch to some other version, you only need 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 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 activate Zend Optimizer only for a separate website by putting a php.ini file with the required program code in the corresponding domain folder.