PHP 5.1.4 and Zend?

I've just upgraded to PHP5 and MySQL5 and I cant get zend working for use with vBSEO. I installed the latest Zend (3.0.1 i think) and it shows in the phpinfo but not on the test script? for some reason its also showing i have ioncube which i have never chosen to install?

Does anyone know howto get Zend working?

Hello,

the test script sometimes fails to recognize new Zend Optimizer support - as far as you see it in phpinfo, it is safe to install Zend version of vBSEO.

Sorry to say, it's not just the test script that fails to recognize the new Zend Engine. On my forum, users intermittently will see the "Zend Optimizer not installed message". I'm using vBSEO 3.0.0RC3. If anyone's got a hint on how to fix this, let me know.

-Stefan

Hello Stefan,

if you don't have Zend Optimizer installed, you should either install it or use Ioncube version of vBSEO instead, if it's supported (you can use the test.php script to determine this).

Oleg,

I *have* the Zend Optimizer installed. The problem is that vBSEO sometimes (well, 1 out of 100 requests) *reports* that it isn't. Which in turn breaks the forum for my users.

Regards,
-Stefan

But that message isn't coming from vBSEO directly, it's coming from the Zend engine. Your server must somehow think that Zend isn't installed intermittently.

Keith,

Thanks for the clarification. Ok, so in that case it would be either PHP or the Zend Optimizer itself which is causing the problem. You wouldn't have any idea about how to trace this down further?

-Stefan

I was trying to find some info on any incompatibilities between your version of Zend and your version of PHP, but nothing is jumping out at me. Oleg may be able to find something, however.

Keith,

Just to clear matters up a bit more for me: Imho, the message "Zend Optimizer not installed" has to come from vBSEO. Because, if it would come from the Zend Optimizer, that wouldn't make much sense since in that case it'd be loaded already. Since you say that there isn't any check for Zend programmed into the vBSEO code, the error has to come from a check that's included into vBSEO by Zend when compiling the sources, right? So maybe I should also check with Zend support to see whether they can point me to anything. Not that I'd have found them to be very helpful in the past but I could give it a try anyway.

Regards,
-Stefan

Since you say that there isn't any check for Zend programmed into the vBSEO code, the error has to come from a check that's included into vBSEO by Zend when compiling the sources, right?

Yes, exactly.
It is strange that you have the error "from time to time" - it should be either displayed for every request or do not appear at all.
I'd suggest to try re-installing zend optimizer or to use Ioncube version of vBSEO instead.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

It is strange that you have the error "from time to time" - it should be either displayed for every request or do not appear at all.

Well, the servers in question receive approx. 4000 hits a minute so it may be that PHP is running out of file handles when trying to load the optimizer or something else in that kind of realm. Could be a timing issue as well.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

I'd suggest to try re-installing zend optimizer

Did that more than once. Phpinfo() reports the Zend Optimizer is there so my best guess is that the source for the problems lies somewhere else. I'd just love to know *where* :-(

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

or to use Ioncube version of vBSEO instead.

Since there's no IonCube for Solaris I'm quite certain I can't do that - as much as I'm tempted to right now. Which means I'm stuck with Zend and I don't like that either at the moment. Looks like I'll have to drop vBSEO so I can get rid of Zend and the problems it causes.

Thanks for your help and your time anyway.

Regards,
-Stefan

They show Solaris loaders: PHP Encoder, protection, installer and performance tools from ionCube: Loader Download

Ouch, must have missed them. Thanks, will give it a shot.

-Stefan

Oleg, Keith,

Just wanted to let you know that I switched to IonCube today. So far it seems that IonCube not only works without any problems, it's a lot faster than the Zend Optimizer, too. Thanks again, Keith, for pointing me to the loader page. I completely missed that on my previous visits to IonCube's site.

-Stefan