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 efficient for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such a website as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and every time a visitor opens a webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, that is the case with websites which display the same content all the time, such actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it whenever visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, which consequently reduces the site loading time. The module can be quite efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting
You can use APC with every single hosting plan that we offer because it's already installed on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is rather flexible, you can run Internet sites with various requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For example, you could allow APC only for one release of PHP or you can do this for several of the versions running on our platform. It's also possible to choose if all sites working with a particular PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled only for selected sites and not for all Internet sites in the hosting account. The last option is useful if you need to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are performed with ease via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting plans because it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you want to use this module, you will be able to activate it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a few minutes. Since you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected websites, our state-of-the-art platform will enable you to customize the software environment inside your account. You can activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you will be able to run Internet sites with various requirements in the very same account.