APC, which means 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. When a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the site content which has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is displayed to the site visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with regularly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and system resources for a website which doesn't change, like an informational portal which shows identical content all the time. As soon as the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a visitor opens them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the Internet site will load significantly faster. APC is very efficient especially for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

You can employ APC for your web apps with all of the shared website hosting packages that we offer as it's pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared solutions and a few minutes later it'll begin caching the code of your applications. Our platform is quite flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations determined by the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you'll be able to activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the entire account and choose the version that each site can use, or you could have the same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC just for specified websites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of program code in the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is installed on the innovative cloud hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you'll be able to employ it whatever the plan you select. Activating the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a click, so you will not need any skills or previous experience in order to take advantage of it. Since you'll be able to use different releases of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to modify the software environment for each and every site that you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with a few lines in it placed in a domain folder will enable you to set what release of PHP this specific Internet site will use and whether APC should be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account in general, so you can run different scripts and use various web accelerators for websites which are in the same account.