Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a website as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a website visitor accesses a webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it is shown to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, which is the case with sites that display the very same content all the time, these actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it each time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, that consequently decreases the website loading time. The module can be rather efficient for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

APC is provided with each and every website hosting plan that we offer and you can enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your web applications. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you'll experience the faster loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we offer several releases of PHP which can also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform is very flexible, so in case you use an alternative web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a selected site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating the framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you can use it to speed up your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to use. It will take you just a click to activate APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you'll be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be allowed or not. This way, one site could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one may use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.