Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such an Internet site as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor accesses a webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, which is the case with Internet sites which display the very same content all the time, such actions trigger unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which consequently reduces the website loading time. The module could be rather useful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

APC is available with each and every website hosting plan that we offer and you can activate it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your web applications. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the faster loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. Since we provide several versions of PHP that can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP in the same account. Our next generation cloud web hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC for each script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated server since the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the account requires a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module only for certain sites. This is possible as a result of the versatility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it concurrently, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you will be able to select what version will be used for this specific website and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file allows you to use settings that are different from the standard ones for the account, so you can take advantage of APC for many scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you can take advantage of some other kind of web accelerator.