APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP websites keep their content in a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a webpage. The content that needs to be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the website visitor. These actions take some processing time and include reading and writing on the hosting server for every single page which is loaded. While this can't be avoided for Internet sites with regularly changing content material, there are a lot of websites which have the exact same content on a number of of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is very useful for this type of Internet sites as it caches the previously compiled code and shows it when visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled all over again. Not only will this reduce the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any Internet site a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared hosting plan that we provide because it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is extremely flexible, you'll be able to run websites with different system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you can allow APC only for one release of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions running on our platform. It's also possible to select if all sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected Internet sites and not for all Internet sites in the hosting account. The last option is useful when you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your Internet sites. These customizations are done without difficulty through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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