Zend Optimizer
What exactly is Zend Optimizer? How can it affect the general performance of a PHP app?
Zend Optimizer is a well-known piece of software, that is needed to execute files protected with Zend Guard. The latter encrypts files written in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 to protect them from reverse engineering and not authorized use, thus guarding copyright protected source code. In case you would like to protect your custom-written script, for example, you're able to use Zend Guard and your code won't be human readable, but you will also need Zend Optimizer on the server where you host your website. A number of pre-made script-driven apps, especially ones that are paid, also need Zend Optimizer in order to function properly since their core code is generally not free to change. Internet sites which use the tool are often faster because their code is already optimized and pre-compiled.
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Zend Optimizer in Shared Hosting
Zend Optimizer comes with all the servers that are a part of our revolutionary cloud website hosting platform. No matter which
Linux shared hosting service you select, you can take advantage of the tool to ensure that any script application that requires it will operate perfectly as part of your account. By using a handy software instrument from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all of the web hosting accounts, you'll be able to activate and deactivate many different options with one button. Zend Optimizer is one of them, so even if this is your very first web hosting account ever, you won't have any issues. In the very same area you can also select the PHP version for your account - 4 and numerous versions of 5, which means that whenever you switch to one that you have not used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with a click. Since our platform enables you to take advantage of multiple PHP versions at the same time, more experienced users can activate the tool for a particular site with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.
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Zend Optimizer in Semi-dedicated Servers
Zend Optimizer is featured on all servers that comprise our cluster website hosting platform, so you can use it for your script-driven apps with any of our
semi-dedicated server plans. It is available at all times even when you switch the PHP release for your account as our feature-rich platform will allow you to select 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 just a few clicks in the PHP Configuration section of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel that is used to take care of the semi-dedicated accounts. Furthermore, you may also use a different release of PHP and enable or disable Zend for every single domain that you host in the account. This is possible by employing a php.ini file in a domain folder with a couple of lines of code inside it. If you don't have previous experience and you aren't sure how to do that, our 24/7 tech support can help you.