APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites hold their content in a database that is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that has to be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the website visitor. All these actions need some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for each page that is accessed. While this can't be avoided for sites with regularly changing content material, there're a lot of sites that present the exact same content on a lot of of their pages all the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant sites, etc. APC is really useful for this type of websites since it caches the already compiled code and shows it each time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this minimize the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any Internet site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is available with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you could enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web applications. A few 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 websites. As we offer several versions of PHP which can also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use some other web accelerator for any Internet site 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 Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server plans since it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you would like to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational within a couple of minutes. As you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to customize the software environment in your account. You can activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some Internet sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based site could work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you'll be able to run websites with different requirements inside the same account.