APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP sites save their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a webpage. The content that has to be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. These actions need some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for every single page which is opened. While this can't be avoided for sites with regularly changing content, there are various Internet sites that have the exact same content on a number of of their pages constantly - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, and many others. APC is quite useful for this type of websites as it caches the previously compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled again. This will not only minimize the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any Internet site many times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

APC is provided with each web hosting package that we offer and you can activate it with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you'll be able to take advantage of the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we provide different versions of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you'll be able to 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 Servers

You can use APC with all of our semi-dedicated server packages and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you don't have any prior experience, you will be able to use it to boost your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom regarding the scripts and web accelerators you can use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you can set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. In this way, one site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, while another one could use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.