APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software applications. Dynamic PHP Internet sites save their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a webpage. The content which has to be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the website visitor. All of these actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the hosting server for each page that is opened. While this can't be avoided for Internet sites with regularly changing content material, there are numerous sites which offer the same content on a number of of their webpages at all times - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is very useful for this kind of websites because it caches the previously compiled code and displays it any time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it will also increase the speed of any Internet site a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

APC is provided with every single hosting solution that we offer and you could activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your web apps. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you'll notice the quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. As we offer different releases of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts which require different versions of PHP within the same account. Our advanced cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use some other web accelerator for any website and it disturbs APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting plans and activating the framework is done with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no prior experience, you could use it in order to speed up your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP versions, you'll have freedom regarding the scripts and web accelerators you could use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or a couple of 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. In this way, one Internet site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, and another one may use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.