Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and will accelerate such a site as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor opens a webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with sites that display the exact same content all the time, these actions result in needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, that in turn reduces the site loading time. The module can be really efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

You can employ APC for your web apps with all of the cloud web hosting packages that we provide since it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take only a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and a few minutes later it'll begin caching the code of your applications. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations based on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you can activate APC for several releases of PHP for the whole account and set the version that each website will use, or you could have the very same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for particular websites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of program code in the domain or subdomain folder where you need the customized configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is available with all semi-dedicated hosting solutions as it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you'd like to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a few minutes. As you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our state-of-the-art platform will enable you to personalize the software environment inside your account. You can activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it only for some websites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you'll be able to run sites with different requirements in the same account.