Lots of licensed and some free of charge script-driven apps have protected code, that isn't human readable. The idea behind this is to avoid the reverse engineering and the illegal usage of such applications. One of the most popular file encryption software instruments used for this purpose is named Zend Guard and it's widely used as it can be used to modify any PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 code. The sole way for the encoded files to work the right way on a web server afterwards is when an additional tool called Zend Optimizer is there. In the event that you wish to work with any paid web software that requires Zend Optimizer, you need to ensure that it's set up on the server where you'll host your site. In addition, sites which require the tool generally perform better because their code is already precompiled and optimized, which means that it is executed more quickly.

Zend Optimizer in Shared Web Hosting

Zend Optimizer is accessible on our in-house built cloud platform and you'll be able to use it regardless of the shared web hosting package that you choose. It can be activated from the Hepsia Control Panel which is included with all of the accounts and it'll take you only several clicks to do this. Because we support a number of different versions 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 will need to activate Zend Optimizer each time you change the version to one you have not used so far. This is very simple though - the php.ini file where you can enable and disable various PHP extensions can be handled with a point-and-click software instrument, therefore you don't need any kind of coding skills or previous expertise. Our web hosting services allow you to run any script-driven app that needs Zend Optimizer with no difficulties, yet when you're unsure what to do, you'll be able to contact our 24/7 tech support team and they will activate the instrument for you.