Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and could boost such an Internet site as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and any time a website visitor opens some webpage, the script links to a database in order to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it is displayed to the site visitor. In case the output code doesn't change however, that's the case with websites which display identical content at all times, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it every time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the program code does not have to be parsed and compiled continuously, which in turn minimizes the website loading time. The module could be really helpful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting

You will be able to employ APC for your web apps with all of the shared web hosting plans that we provide as it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared solutions and several minutes later it will start caching the code of your apps. Our platform is really flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations based on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you can activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the entire account and specify the version that each Internet site will use, or you could have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for specified websites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting plans and activating this framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you lack prior experience, you could use it in order to accelerate your Internet sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP releases, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to use. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or several PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you will be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC has to be enabled or not. In this way, one site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one may use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.