APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP websites hold their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a webpage. The content that has to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the site visitor. All these actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the hosting server for each page that is opened. While this cannot be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there are numerous sites that offer the exact same content on a lot of of their pages at all times - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, and many others. APC is exceptionally useful for this kind of websites as it caches the previously compiled code and displays it every time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this minimize the server load, but it will also boost the speed of any site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is provided with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web apps. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we offer different releases of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our leading-edge cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you could activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating the framework is done with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you have no prior experience, you could use it in order to boost your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to use. It will take you just a click to activate APC for one or a couple of PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you will be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC should be allowed or not. In this way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, and another one can use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.