Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and will accelerate such a site up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a website visitor accesses some web page, the script connects to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, which is the case with websites that show identical content all of the time, these actions trigger needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it every time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code does not have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, which in turn decreases the site loading time. The module could be rather useful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

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

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server packages because it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you wish to use this module, you can activate it with a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully operational in a couple of minutes. As you may need to use other web accelerators for selected sites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to customize the software environment inside your account. You can activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some Internet sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based website can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the latter is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you will be able to run Internet sites with various requirements from the same account.