APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, that could boost a database-driven website several times. Every time a PHP web page is opened, the script pulls the site content which has to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and system resources for a site which doesn't change, for instance an informational portal which shows the very same content all the time. As soon as the web pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a user loads them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the Internet site will load much faster. APC is really effective especially for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

You can use APC with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we offer because it's already installed on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is rather flexible, you will be able to run websites with various system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For example, you can activate APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the versions running on the platform. You can also choose if all websites using a particular PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected sites and not for all Internet sites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you wish to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are done effortlessly by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server plans because it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you'd like to use this module, you can enable it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional in a couple of minutes. Since you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to personalize the software environment in your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based website could work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you will be able to run Internet sites with various requirements inside the exact same account.