APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP websites save their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that has to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the website visitor. All these actions need some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for each and every page which is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for websites with regularly changing content material, there are various websites that have the same content on a number of of their pages at all times - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is exceptionally useful for this type of websites since it caches the already compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only minimize the server load, but it'll also boost the speed of any website several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

You'll be able to use APC for your web apps with any of the website hosting packages that we offer because it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take only a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared solutions and a few minutes later it will start caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is rather flexible, so you'll be able to use different configurations depending on the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you can activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the whole account and choose the version that each website can use, or you could have the very same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC just for particular Internet sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the customized setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server plans as it is pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you wish to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a few minutes. As you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, our state-of-the-art platform will enable you to personalize the software environment in your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it only for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal-based site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you can run sites with different requirements inside the same account.