Plenty of licensed and some free of cost script-driven apps have encrypted code, which is not human readable. The concept behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the illegal use of such apps. Among the most popular file encryption tools used for this specific purpose is named Zend Guard and it is widespread since it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encrypted files to work correctly on a web server subsequently is if an extra instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. When you wish to employ any type of paid web software which requires Zend Optimizer, you should make sure that it is set up on the server where you will host your website. Furthermore, websites which need the instrument will perform better because their program code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it's executed faster.
Zend Optimizer in Website Hosting
Zend Optimizer is available on our in-house built cloud platform and you can use it whatever the website hosting plan that you choose. It can be enabled through the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all of the accounts and it will take you just several clicks to do this. Considering that we support numerous releases of 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), you'll have to enable Zend Optimizer each time you change the version to one you haven't used so far. This is really easy though - the php.ini file where you can enable and disable various PHP extensions can be operated with a point-and-click software instrument, therefore you will not need any coding skills or previous expertise. Our hosting services allow you to run any script-driven application which needs Zend Optimizer without any troubles, but when you are not sure what you should do, you're able to contact our 24/7 technical support team and they'll enable the instrument for you.
Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
We have set up Zend Optimizer on all servers which are a part of our top-notch cloud website hosting platform and due to the fact that all semi-dedicated server accounts are created on it, you can activate and employ Zend for any script application which you'd like to use with no more than a single click. In addition, you can select the PHP release which will be active for your account, therefore if you move to a new release, you only have to go to the Advanced section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and click on the On button for Zend Optimizer - it's as easy as that. If you switch the version back, Zend will already be active. More tech-savvy users will also have the opportunity to set the PHP version and to activate Zend Optimizer only for a separate site by placing a php.ini file with the required code inside the corresponding domain folder.