Numerous licensed and some free of charge script-driven applications have encoded code, which isn't human readable. The reasoning behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering as well as the not authorized usage of such apps. One of the most popular encryption tools used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it's very popular as it can be used to alter any type of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the encrypted files to run correctly on a web server afterwards is if an extra tool called Zend Optimizer is present. When you wish to employ any type of paid web software that needs Zend Optimizer, you need to make sure that it's installed on the server where you'll host your website. Furthermore, websites which require the tool can perform better due to the fact that their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it is executed more rapidly.
Zend Optimizer in Cloud Website Hosting
Zend Optimizer is set up on all servers that are a part of our state-of-the-art cloud website hosting platform. Regardless of which cloud website hosting package you select, you can activate the tool so that any script app that requires it will work flawlessly within your account. Using a handy software tool in the Advanced section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all of the website hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate various options with just a single button. Zend Optimizer is one of these, so even if this is your very first website hosting account ever, you won't have any problems. In the exact same area you can also choose the PHP release for your account - 4 and multiple versions of 5, therefore each time you switch to one that you haven't used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with a click. Since our platform enables you to use a couple of PHP versions at the same time, more advanced users can enable the tool for a specific website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to enable Zend Optimizer with each and every semi-dedicated server that we offer and it'll take you only a couple of clicks to do this. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, you have to go to the PHP Configuration section where you will find various options and On/Off buttons for all of them. Zend is one of these options, which means that you will not need to do anything more complex than clicking on its button. As you can also switch the PHP release for your account from the same section, you will need to enable Zend for any new version that you use. Of course, we have also left the option for more experienced users to set the PHP version and the status of Zend Optimizer manually by putting a php.ini file in a particular domain folder. The file will have effect only for this particular site, but not for the hosting account in general.