Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and can speed up such a website as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and any time a visitor accesses some page, the script hooks up to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with websites which display the exact same content all of the time, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it each 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 pretty effective for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is available with every single cloud hosting package that we offer and you could activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you'll experience the quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we offer different versions of PHP which can also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP in the same account. Our high tech cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use another web accelerator for any website and it interferes with APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you don't have any prior experience, you could use it in order to quicken your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you can employ. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are not the same as the ones for the account as a whole, you will be able to 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, while another one can use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.