Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a site as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a visitor opens some web page, the script hooks up to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is shown to the website visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, that is the case with Internet sites that display the exact same content at all times, such actions trigger excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it each time visitors browse a website, so the database doesn't need to be accessed and the code does not have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, which in turn decreases the site loading time. The module can be extremely efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

APC is provided with every single cloud website hosting plan that we offer and you could enable it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your applications. A few minutes later the framework will be working and you'll be able to take advantage of the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we provide several releases of PHP that can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which require different versions of PHP in the same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use an alternative web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC for each and every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account requires a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module only for particular sites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you'll be able to select what version will be used for this specific Internet site and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file allows you to use settings that are different from the ones for your account, so you'll be able to take advantage of APC for many scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you may employ some other kind of web accelerator.