APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, which can speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the site content that needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is displayed to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with routinely changing content, it's a waste of processing time and system resources for a site which does not change, for example an informational portal that displays the exact same content on a regular basis. As soon as the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a visitor accesses them. Since this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your website will load significantly quicker. APC is very efficient in particular for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

You will be able to use APC for your web apps with any of the web hosting packages that we offer as it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Enabling it will take only a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and several minutes later it'll start caching the code of your software apps. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the whole 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 specific Internet sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of code within the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is installed on the amazing cloud hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could employ it whatever the package you pick. Activating the module is performed from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or prior experience to be able to take full advantage of it. Since you'll be able to work with different releases of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to customize the software environment for every single Internet site you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this particular site will use and if APC should be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you could run different scripts and take advantage of various web accelerators for sites that are in the same account.