Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such a site as much as three times. PHP sites are dynamic and whenever a user accesses some webpage, the script hooks up to a database to retrieve some content, then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being shown to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, that is the case with Internet sites that display identical content all of the time, such actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, that consequently lowers the website loading time. The module can be very efficient for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

APC is available with each and every shared hosting package that we offer and you could activate it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you will notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. Since we offer different versions of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP within the same account. Our cutting-edge cloud Internet hosting platform is very adaptable, so if you use some other web accelerator for any website and it disrupts APC, you could 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 will be able to use APC for every single script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated server as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be created. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account takes a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module only for specific websites. This is possible due to the versatility of our cloud platform - several releases of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you can choose what version will be used for this particular Internet site and whether APC should be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for your account, so you will be able to take full advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module makes a difference and not for others where you can use another kind of web accelerator.