APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, which can speed up a database-driven website several times. Any time a PHP web page is accessed, the script pulls the site content which has to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and then the result is displayed to the site visitor. While this is necessary for websites with routinely changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and resources for a website that doesn't change, like an informational portal which shows identical content all the time. Once the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a website visitor loads them. As this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the Internet site will load a lot faster. APC is really effective in particular for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

You will be able to employ APC for your web applications with any of the hosting packages that we offer because it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take just a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared solutions and several minutes later it will begin caching the program code of your apps. Our platform is really flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations determined by the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for several versions of PHP for the whole account and specify the version that each Internet site will use, or you could have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for particular websites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code within the domain or subdomain folder where you need the customized configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting plans as it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you want to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional in a couple of minutes. As you may need to use other web accelerators for selected sites, our outstanding platform will permit you to customize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can function without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you'll be able to run Internet sites with various requirements inside the very same account.