APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, which can boost a database-driven site several times. Any time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the website content that should be shown from a database, parses and compiles the program code, then the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for sites with regularly changing content, it is a total waste of processing time and resources for a site that does not change, like an informational portal which shows the same content on a regular basis. As soon as the web pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a user loads them. Since this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your website will load much faster. APC is really useful particularly for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with every single shared hosting package that we provide as it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is extremely flexible, you will be able to run Internet sites with different requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you could activate APC only for one version of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions running on the platform. It's also possible to decide if all websites using a certain PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled only for selected Internet sites and not for all sites in the hosting account. The last option is useful when you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are carried out without any difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is installed on the innovative cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you'll be able to employ it irrespective of the plan you get. Enabling the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or previous experience to be able to take advantage of it. As you will be able to employ different versions of PHP simultaneously, you will be able to customize the software environment for each and every Internet site that you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what version of PHP this site will use and if APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you can run various scripts and employ various web accelerators for websites which are in the same account.