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 useful for scripts with large source code and can speed up such a website up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a visitor opens a web page, the script hooks up to a database in order to retrieve some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with websites which display the very same content all of the time, such actions trigger unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, that consequently minimizes the Internet site loading time. The module could be pretty useful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with each cloud hosting plan that we offer because it's already installed on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you can run sites with different requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for one version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases that run on the platform. You may also choose if all sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected sites and not for all Internet sites in the hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you want to employ a different web accelerator for some of your Internet sites. These customizations are done without any difficulty through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting solutions as it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you want to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a couple of minutes. As you may want to use other web accelerators for selected sites, our state-of-the-art platform will permit you to customize the software environment inside your account. You can activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some Internet sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website can function without APC using 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 websites with different requirements inside the exact same account.