Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a website as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and each time a user opens a webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is displayed to the site visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, that's the case with sites which display the exact same content all of the time, such actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, that in turn decreases the site loading time. The module can be really useful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting
APC is provided with each website hosting package that we offer and you could activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you will notice the quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we provide several releases of PHP that can also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform is very flexible, so in case you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it disturbs APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can take advantage of APC with our semi-dedicated hosting plans and activating this framework is performed with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you have no prior experience, you will be able to use it in order to accelerate your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you can use. It will take you just a click to enable APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account as a whole, you could set what PHP version will be used and whether APC has to be allowed or not. This way, one Internet site can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one could use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.