A lot of licensed and some free of cost script-driven applications have encoded program code, that is not human readable. The reasoning behind this is to stop the reverse engineering as well as the illegal use of such applications. One of the most popular encryption software tools used for this particular purpose is named Zend Guard and it is very popular since it can be used to change any kind of PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The only method for the protected files to run efficiently on a web server afterwards is when one more instrument called Zend Optimizer is available. In case you would like to employ any paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you need to ensure that it's installed on the server where you will host your site. Furthermore, sites which need the instrument usually perform better because their code is already precompiled and optimized, and therefore it's executed faster.

Zend Optimizer in Cloud Hosting

All the cloud hosting accounts which we offer are created on our advanced cluster platform and Zend Optimizer is set up on all servers that are a part of the clusters. Consequently, you can install and run script-driven applications which need Zend whatever the package that you select upon signup. The intuitive Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with the accounts shall make the management of your web presence very easy and enabling Zend Optimizer is not an exception due to the fact that it will take only a single click to do it. Furthermore, more experienced users can also insert a php.ini file in a specific domain folder and use Zend only for a specific domain name. As you can switch between many different PHP releases, you'll be able to activate Zend Optimizer for them in the very same way and manage both new and older apps within the same account.