A lot of licensed and some free script-driven apps have encrypted program code, that isn't human readable. The concept behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the unauthorized use of such applications. One of the most popular file encryption tools used for this purpose is called Zend Guard and it is very popular since it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encoded files to work the right way on a web server subsequently is when one more tool called Zend Optimizer is present. When you would like to employ any kind of paid web software requiring Zend Optimizer, you have to make sure that it is set up on the server where you will host your site. In addition, sites that need the tool usually perform better as their program code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it is executed faster.
Zend Optimizer in Cloud Web Hosting
When you buy a Linux cloud web hosting through our company, you have the option to pick the PHP version, which will be active for your account based on what your script apps require. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for any of the versions that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this section, you'll be able to use a compact tool that will allow you to manage the php.ini file for your account and enable or disable PHP extensions using On and Off buttons, so you will not need any previous knowledge because activating Zend Optimizer is as easy as clicking a button. More experienced users can do the same thing by adding a php.ini file with the necessary code in a particular domain folder. If you need any help to activate the tool, you will be able to contact our technical support crew anytime.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We provide Zend Optimizer with all of our Linux semi-dedicated servers. It's present on our avant-garde cloud platform, which means that if any script-driven app that you want to use requires it to function, you just have to enable it with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll find Zend in the PHP Configuration area where you may also switch the PHP release which your web hosting account uses. For each new version which you set, just click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you'll be all set. Hepsia will remember your choice for previously used releases of PHP, so you will not have to do that each time. In case you have more experience, you're able to benefit from the flexibility of our cloud platform and use a php.ini file in order to set another PHP version and enable/disable Zend Optimizer for a specific domain name without altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.