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 site as much as three times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a user accesses some web page, the script links to a database in order to get some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it is shown to the site visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that's the case with Internet sites which display the very same content at all times, these actions result in needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it whenever visitors browse a site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code does not need to be parsed and compiled again and again, which in turn minimizes the website loading time. The module can be pretty effective for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

You can use APC with every single shared website hosting plan that we offer as it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is quite flexible, you'll be able to run Internet sites with different system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For instance, you can activate APC only for a single version of PHP or you could do this for several of the releases running on the platform. You can also choose if all websites working with a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected websites and not for all websites in the web hosting account. The last option is useful if you want to employ a different web accelerator for some of your Internet sites. These customizations are carried out with ease through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to use APC for every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account takes one click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module only for certain websites. This is possible as a result of the flexibility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you'll be able to select what version will be used for this particular site and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for your account, so you can take advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module makes a difference and not for others where you could use another type of web accelerator.