Lots of licensed and some cost-free script-driven applications have encoded code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to prevent the reverse engineering as well as the unauthorized use of such applications. Among the most popular encryption tools used for this particular purpose is known as Zend Guard and it's commonly used due to the fact that it can be used to modify any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encrypted files to work correctly on a web server afterwards is if one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is there. If you would like to use any type of paid web software which needs Zend Optimizer, you have to ensure that it is installed on the server where you will host your website. In addition, websites which need the instrument can perform better due to the fact that their program code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.
Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting
When you buy a Linux web hosting from us, you have the option to choose the PHP release, which will be active for your account based on what your script apps need. You can activate Zend Optimizer with just a single click in the Advanced area of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel for any of the releases that we provide - 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5. When you go to this area, you can take advantage of a small software tool that will allow you to control the php.ini file for your account and enable or disable PHP extensions through On and Off buttons, so you will not need any previous knowledge as enabling Zend Optimizer will be as simple as clicking a button. More skilled users will be able to do the same by placing a php.ini file with the required program code in a particular domain folder. In case you need any help to activate the instrument, you're able to contact our technical support team anytime.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting
We provide Zend Optimizer with all of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting. It's available on our revolutionary cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven app that you would like to use requires it to work, you just have to activate it with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel. You shall find Zend in the PHP Configuration section where you may also change the PHP release which your web hosting account uses. For every new version which you set, just click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you'll be all set. Hepsia will remember your selection for previously used releases of PHP, therefore you will not need to do this each time. If you have more experience, you'll be able to take advantage of 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 site without altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.