APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP websites hold their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content which should be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the visitor. These actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the web server for each and every page which is accessed. While this cannot be avoided for sites with constantly changing content, there're many websites that have the exact same content on a number of of their webpages all of the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant sites, etc. APC is quite useful for such websites because it caches the previously compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this lower the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

You'll be able to use APC for your web applications with any of the web hosting packages that we offer because it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it will begin caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is very flexible, so you'll be able to use different configurations determined by the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you could activate APC for several versions of PHP for the entire account and pick the version that each site can use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC just for specified Internet sites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server packages because it is pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account will be created. If you'd like to use this module, you will be able to enable it with a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional in a few minutes. Since you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our advanced platform will enable you to customize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based website could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website can work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you'll be able to run websites with different requirements in the exact same account.