APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, that can boost a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP web page is accessed, the script pulls the site content that has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with frequently changing content, it is a total waste of processing time and resources for a site which does not change, like an informational portal that shows the very same content at all times. As soon as the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a website visitor loads them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load considerably faster. APC is really helpful in particular for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

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

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server packages as it is pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you would like to use this module, you will be able to activate it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a few minutes. As you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, 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 example, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website could work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you'll be able to run Internet sites with various requirements in the same account.