APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP Internet sites save their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that has to be displayed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. These actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the hosting server for each and every page that is accessed. While this cannot be avoided for sites with regularly changing content material, there are a lot of websites that have the very same content on a lot of of their webpages at all times - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etc. APC is extremely useful for such websites because it caches the previously compiled code and displays it when visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only greatly reduce the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

You will be able to employ APC for your web apps with all of the web hosting plans that we provide as it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take only a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it will start caching the program code of your apps. Our platform is rather flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations based on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the entire account and choose the version that each Internet site will use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC just for specific websites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated server solutions and activating the framework is done with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you lack prior experience, you will be able to use it to accelerate your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP versions, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to employ. It will take you only a click to activate 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 in general, you can set what PHP version will be used and whether APC has to be allowed or not. This way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, and another one may use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.