Installing Zend Optimizer on a local Windows-based, Apache, server

  • February 26, 2006
  • James Skemp

Note: This guide should work equally well for Zend Optimizer 3.0.1 and above. For a guide on upgrading this 2.6.2 install, see Upgrading to Zend Optimizer 3.0.1 on a local Windows-based, Apache, server.

From Zend's FAQ,

Why use the Zend Optimizer; isn't PHP supposed to be quite fast already?

The standard Zend run-time compiler used by PHP is indeed extremely fast, generating code that is usually 2 to 10 times faster. But an application that uses the Zend Optimizer typically executes another 40% to 100% faster.

So, Zend Optimizer will help decrease the time spent on processing code. If you run the file we created a few steps back, probably called http://localhost/phpinfo.php (which basically runs <?php phpinfo(); ?>), you'll notice a line that says "This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine: Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies". This is the standard Zend run-time compiler that is mentioned above. Once we download and install the Zend Optimizer, we'll see some additional lines here.

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