APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP websites save their content in a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content which needs to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the visitor. These actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for each page that is opened. While this cannot be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there are many Internet sites that present the very same content on a number of of their pages all the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant websites, and many others. APC is extremely useful for this type of Internet sites as it caches the already compiled code and displays it when visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this minimize the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any site a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

You will be able to use APC for your web apps with all of the shared website hosting plans that we provide because it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take only a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with our shared plans and several minutes later it'll start caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is very flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you will be able to activate APC for several releases of PHP for the entire account and choose the version that each Internet site can use, or you can have the very same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specified Internet sites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to use APC for every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated server as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the account takes a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if needed, you can use the module only for certain sites. This is possible due to the versatility of our cloud platform - multiple releases of PHP run on it concurrently, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you will be able to pick what release will be used for this specific website and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the ones for your account, so you will be able to take advantage of APC for some scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you could use another type of web accelerator.