APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP websites keep their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a webpage. The content which needs to be viewed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the visitor. These actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the server for each and every page that is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for websites with regularly changing content material, there're many Internet sites that have the exact same content on a lot of of their pages all of the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is exceptionally useful for such websites because it caches the previously compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. Not only will this lower the server load, but it will also increase the speed of any website several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

You can use APC with every single cloud website hosting plan that we provide as it is already installed on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you just a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is really flexible, you'll be able to run sites with different requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you could activate APC only for a single version of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the releases that run on the platform. You can also choose if all Internet sites working with a particular PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled just for selected Internet sites and not for all sites in the website hosting account. The last option is useful if you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your Internet sites. These customizations are carried out effortlessly by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating this framework is performed with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you don't have any previous experience, you can use it to accelerate your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you'll have freedom regarding the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to use. It will take you only a click to allow APC for one or several 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 in general, you'll be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC has to be allowed or not. This way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one can use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.