Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could speed up such an Internet site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a user accesses some web page, the script links to a database in order to get some content, and 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 the same 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 site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code does not have to be parsed and compiled continuously, which consequently reduces the site loading time. The module could be extremely effective for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

APC is provided with every single cloud website hosting plan that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be working and you will be able to take advantage of the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we offer several releases of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP in the same account. Our next generation cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use another web accelerator for any website and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is available with all semi-dedicated hosting packages because it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you want to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with just a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional in a few minutes. Since you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected websites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to personalize the software environment in your account. You can activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based website can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website can function without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you could run Internet sites with different requirements from the exact same account.