Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such a website up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and every time a website visitor opens a webpage, the script links to a database to retrieve some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the site visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with websites that show identical content all of the time, these actions trigger unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it every time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't need to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, that in turn lowers the Internet site loading time. The module can be quite effective for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

APC is available with each web hosting solution that we offer and you could enable it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be working and you will experience the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we provide different versions of PHP that can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP inside the very same account. Our next generation cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use another web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned 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 Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server packages because it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you want to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional in a few minutes. As you may want to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, our advanced platform will permit you to personalize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based site can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the latter is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you can run sites with different requirements inside the very same account.