Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and will boost such a website as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a user opens a web page, the script links to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is displayed to the website visitor. If the output code does not change however, which is the case with sites which display the same content all of the time, these actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, that in turn reduces the site loading time. The module could be quite useful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is available with each cloud hosting package that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web apps. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you will experience the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. As we offer different releases of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our next generation cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use some other web accelerator for any website and it disturbs APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can use APC for each and every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be created. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module only for particular sites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - multiple versions of PHP run on it concurrently, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you can select what version will be used for this specific site and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file permits you to use settings that are different from the ones for your account, so you will be able to take full advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module makes a difference and not for others where you can take advantage of another kind of web accelerator.