Lots of licensed and some free script-driven apps have encrypted program code, which is not human readable. The idea behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the illegal use of such apps. One of the most popular encryption instruments used for this specific purpose is known as Zend Guard and it is commonly used since it can be used to alter any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only way for the encrypted files to work the right way on a web server afterwards is if one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is present. When you'd like to work with any type of paid web software which requires Zend Optimizer, you need to make sure that it is installed on the server where you'll host your website. In addition, websites that require the tool tend to perform better due to the fact that their code is already precompiled and optimized, meaning that it's executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer comes with all the servers that are part of our modern cloud website hosting platform. Regardless of which web hosting plan you obtain, you can use the software tool to guarantee that any kind of script app which requires it will work perfectly within your account. By using a convenient software instrument from the Advanced area of the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with all of the hosting accounts, you can activate and deactivate a variety of functions with one button. Zend Optimizer will be one of these, so even if this is your very first website hosting account ever, you won't experience any issues. In the same section you can also select the PHP release for your account - 4 and several versions of 5, so any time you switch to one that you haven't used yet, you can activate Zend Optimizer for it with a single click. As our platform allows you to use several PHP releases simultaneously, more experienced users can enable the instrument for a specific website with a php.ini file in a specific domain folder as well.