Installing Zend on 1and1 Shared Hosting

Step by step instructions for getting, installing,  and running Zend Optimizer on 1and1 shared hosting accounts. These instructions are specific for those of you trying to get StoreStacker to run, but should be useful for other software scrips.

1. Go to  http://www.zend.com/en/products/guard/downloads
   (site may require that you sign up – it’s free)
2. Tic the circle in front of Zend Optimizer v3.3
3. Select package Linux x86 (32bit) version
4. Download
5. Unzip/untar  the file on your PC which creates a folder named ZendOptimizer-3.3.3-linux-glibc23-i386
6. Open ZendOptimizer-3.3.3-linux-glibc23-i386
7. Open Data folder
8. Open 5_2_x_comp folder
   (the 5.2.x matches your PHP version)

   You should see this file: ZendOptimizer.so 1,381 KB
   (1.34 MB (1,413,630 bytes)

9. Upload that file to your 1and1 root directory
10. Create a php.ini file
    (I use a text editor like notepad or textpad)
    Add the following lines:

    zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
    zend_extension=/homepages/xx/dxxxxxxxxx/htdocs/ZendOptimizer.so

    (replace the x’s with your location)

11. Upload php.ini to your 1and1 root directory
12. Upload php.ini to the root of the directory that you installed StoreStacker