Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a site up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a visitor opens some web page, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, that is the case with Internet sites that display identical content all of the time, such actions trigger unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it every time visitors browse a site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the program code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, that consequently lowers the Internet site loading time. The module could be really useful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to use APC for your web apps with any of the shared website hosting packages that we offer since it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take only a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it will start caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is quite flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations determined by the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you could activate APC for several versions of PHP for the whole account and specify the version that each Internet site will use, or you can have the exact same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for specified websites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to use APC for each script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if needed, you could use the module only for certain Internet sites. This is possible as a result of the versatility of our cloud platform - several 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 release will be used for this particular website and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file enables 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 can make a difference and not for others where you may take advantage of some other kind of web accelerator.