Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and will accelerate such a website as much as three times. PHP sites are dynamic and each time a visitor opens a webpage, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code doesn't change however, that is the case with websites that show the same content at all times, such actions trigger needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it each time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code does not need to be parsed and compiled again and again, which in turn decreases the site loading time. The module can be quite efficient for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

APC is provided with each hosting plan that we offer and you could activate it with only 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 active and you'll experience the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. As we offer several releases of PHP which could also be selected from Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP inside the same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use an alternative web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to use APC for each and every script application that runs on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account takes one click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module just for certain websites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - different releases of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you will be able to choose what release will be used for this specific website and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file allows you to use settings which are different from the ones for the account, so you could take full advantage of APC for some scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you may employ another kind of web accelerator.