Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and will accelerate such a website as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and whenever a visitor opens some page, the script links to a database to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the website visitor. If the output code does not change however, that is the case with Internet sites that show identical content at all times, these actions trigger unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code does not have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, which in turn minimizes the site loading time. The module can be pretty efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is available with each cloud hosting solution that we offer and you can enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your applications. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you'll experience the faster loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we offer several versions of PHP which can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our high tech cloud hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so in case you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it disrupts APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a certain 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 use APC for every single script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module just for particular sites. This is possible because of the versatility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it concurrently, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you will be able to pick what release will be used for this specific site and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for the account, so you could take advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you can use a different kind of web accelerator.