Zend Optimizer is a software tool, that is needed to run files encoded with Zend Guard - a well-known application which is used to encode PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 files with the idea to protect them from tampering with the code or reverse engineering. Zend Guard is used by a great number of companies which develop paid script apps, so if you purchase such an app for your site, you will most likely need Zend Optimizer to be present on the server where you'll host it. In case you are a programmer, you can use Zend Guard to shield your program code and make sure that your site visitors or customers will not be able to alter it in any way. Sites which use Zend Optimizer generally perform much better owing to the fact that their PHP code is precompiled, therefore it's already optimized and will be executed much more rapidly.

Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers

We offer Zend Optimizer with all of our Linux semi-dedicated servers. It is installed on our avant-garde cloud platform, therefore if any script-driven application that you wish to use requires it to work, you just need to enable it with a click from your Hepsia Control Panel. You will find Zend in the PHP Configuration section where you may also switch the PHP release that your website hosting account uses. For any new version which you set, just click on the On button for Zend Optimizer and you'll be all set. Hepsia remembers your selection for previously used versions of PHP, which means that you will not have to do this each time. In case you have more experience, you're able to take full advantage of the flexibility of our cloud platform and employ a php.ini file to set a different PHP version and enable/disable Zend Optimizer for a particular site without altering the settings for the whole semi-dedicated server account.