Zend Optimizer is a tool, which is required to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a widespread application that is used to encode PHP 4 and PHP 5 files with the objective to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by plenty of organizations that make paid script applications, so in case you buy such an app for your site, you'll most likely need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you'll host it. If you're a programmer, you can also use Zend Guard to secure your program code and make sure that your website visitors or customers will not be able to alter it in whatever way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer ordinarily perform better as their PHP code is precompiled, so it's already optimized and will be executed more rapidly.
Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting
When you buy a shared hosting from our company, you're able to pick the PHP release, that will be active for the account according to what your script apps require. You will be able to activate Zend Optimizer with a single click in the Advanced section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for all of the releases that we offer - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this area, you can employ a compact tool which will allow you to handle the php.ini file for the account and enable or disable PHP extensions with On and Off buttons, therefore you won't need any previous knowledge since activating Zend Optimizer will be as simple as clicking a button. More advanced users can do the same by placing a php.ini file with the required code in a specific domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the tool, you are able to contact our technical support team at any time.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
Zend Optimizer is present on all the servers that comprise our cluster website hosting platform, therefore you can use it for all of your script-driven applications with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It'll be available all of the time even when you change the PHP release for your account because our feature-rich platform will allow you to choose between PHP 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. Both changing the version and activating Zend Optimizer for the new one takes a couple of clicks in the PHP Configuration area of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. What is more, you can even use a different version of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single website that you host in the account. You can do this by using a php.ini file in a domain folder with just a few lines of program code inside it. If you don't have previous experience and you are unsure how to do that, our 24/7 technical assistance can assist you.