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 efficient for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a site up to three times. PHP sites are dynamic and each time a user accesses some webpage, the script links to a database to retrieve 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, that is the case with websites which show the exact same content at all times, these actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code does not have to be parsed and compiled continuously, which consequently decreases the website loading time. The module can be pretty effective for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting

APC is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud platform, therefore you'll be able to use it for your web applications regardless of the shared web hosting plan that you select when you sign up. The module can be activated from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel that is used to handle the shared accounts and just a couple of minutes later it will boost your websites as it'll start caching their code. If you wish to run sites with different system requirements or employ different web accelerators for some of them, you will be able to customize the software environment by putting a php.ini file inside the preferred domain folder. Thus, you can enable or disable APC not only for a particular site without affecting the other sites in the account, but also for a specific version of PHP because our platform supports multiple versions simultaneously.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated server packages and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you'll be able to use it to speed up your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up supports multiple PHP versions, you will have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you could employ. It will take you only a click to allow APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you can set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be allowed or not. This way, one Internet site can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one can use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.