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 effective for scripts with large source code and could speed up such an Internet site as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and every time a user accesses a webpage, the script links to a database in order to retrieve some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with websites that display the very same content at all times, such actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it every time visitors browse a website, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, that consequently decreases the site loading time. The module could be rather helpful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

APC is available with each shared website hosting package that we offer and you can activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you will experience the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. As we provide several releases of PHP that can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP inside the very same account. Our leading-edge cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it interferes with APC, you could activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to use APC for every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be created. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account requires one click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if needed, you can use the module only for specific sites. This is possible due to the flexibility of our cloud platform - multiple releases of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you can pick what release will be used for this particular Internet site and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file enables you to use settings which are different from the ones for your account, so you'll be able to take full advantage of APC for some scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you could use another type of web accelerator.