APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, that can speed up a database-driven website several times. Every time a PHP web page is opened, the script pulls the website content which has to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with regularly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and system resources for a website which doesn't change, for example an informational portal which shows the same content at all times. As soon as the webpages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a user opens them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the website will load considerably quicker. APC is very useful particularly for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

You will be able to use APC for your web applications with all of the cloud web hosting plans that we offer because it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it 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 program code of your software apps. Our platform is very flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations in accordance with the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you will be able to activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the entire account and select the version that each site can use, or you can have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for particular sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting packages since it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you'd like to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected websites, our outstanding platform will allow you to personalize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website could work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you could run Internet sites with various requirements inside the very same account.