APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP websites keep their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content which should be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the website visitor. These actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the hosting server for every single page that is accessed. While this can't be avoided for sites with constantly changing content material, there're various sites that feature the exact same content on a lot of of their webpages all of the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is quite useful for this kind of websites as it caches the already compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it will also increase the speed of any Internet site many times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

APC is pre-installed on our next generation cloud platform, which means that you'll be able to use it for your web applications whatever the shared hosting plan that you pick when you sign up. The module can be activated through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel which is used to handle the shared accounts and just several minutes later it'll boost your websites since it will start caching their code. In case you would like to run Internet sites with different system requirements or employ specific web accelerators for some of them, you can customize the software environment by putting a php.ini file inside the desired domain folder. In this way, you can enable or disable APC not just for a specific website without affecting the remaining sites in the account, but also for a particular version of PHP since our platform supports multiple versions at the same time.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with our semi-dedicated hosting plans and activating the framework is done with a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you will be able to use it to quicken your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or a couple of PHP releases 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 could set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be enabled or not. In this way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one can use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.