Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that is required to run files protected with Zend Guard - a popular app which is used to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the purpose to protect them from tampering with the program code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by numerous companies that make paid script applications, so when you purchase such an app for your website, you'll probably need Zend Optimizer to be available on the server where you'll host it. If you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to shield your program code and ensure that your website visitors or clients won't be able to change it in any way. Websites that use Zend Optimizer often perform much better because their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it's already optimized and will be executed a lot faster.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

All of the cloud hosting accounts that we offer are created on our advanced cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers which are a part of the clusters. For that reason, you can install and execute script-driven apps which need Zend irrespective of the package that you pick upon registration. The easy to work with Hepsia Control Panel which is featured with the accounts shall make the management of your web presence a piece of cake and activating Zend Optimizer makes no exception because it'll take just a single click to do this. Furthermore, more experienced users can also insert a php.ini file in a particular domain folder and take advantage of Zend just for a specific domain. Since you can switch between a number of PHP versions, you can activate Zend Optimizer for any of them in the very same way and manage both new and older apps in the same account.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Zend Optimizer is installed on all servers that comprise our cluster web hosting platform, which means that you can use it for all of your script-driven apps with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. It will be available all of the time even if you change the PHP release for your account since our feature-rich platform allows you to choose from PHP 4, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2. Both changing your 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 that is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. Furthermore, you may also use a different version of PHP and activate or deactivate Zend for each individual domain that you host in the account. You can do this by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with several lines of program code inside it. In case you don't have previous experience and you are unsure how to do that, our 24/7 technical assistance can help you.