Zend Optimizer is a software instrument, that is required to execute files encoded with Zend Guard - a widespread application 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 code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by a lot of companies that make paid script applications, so if you acquire such an application for your site, you'll probably need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you will host it. In case you are a programmer, you may also use Zend Guard to protect your code and make sure that your website visitors or clients will not be able to change it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer generally perform better because their PHP code is precompiled, so it is already optimized and will be executed a lot quicker.

Zend Optimizer in Hosting

When you acquire a Linux hosting through us, you can pick the PHP release, which will be active for your account according to what your script apps require. You'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you're able to take advantage of a small software tool which will allow you to handle the php.ini file for the account and activate or deactivate PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, therefore you won't need any kind of previous knowledge since activating Zend Optimizer will be as easy as clicking a button. More experienced users will be able to do the same by placing a php.ini file with the necessary code in a particular domain folder. If you need any help to activate the instrument, you will be able to contact our technical support team anytime.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

We offer Zend Optimizer with all our Linux semi-dedicated hosting. It's installed on our cutting-edge cloud platform, so if any script-driven app that you would like 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 section where you can also change the PHP version which your hosting account uses. For any new release which you set, simply click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you are all set. Hepsia will remember your selection for previously used releases of PHP, therefore you will not have to do this every time. In the event that you have more experience, you can benefit from the versatility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file to set another PHP version and activate/deactivate Zend Optimizer for a specific domain without altering the overall settings for the entire semi-dedicated server account.