APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites keep their content inside a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that should be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the visitor. All these actions need some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for each page which is accessed. While this can't be avoided for websites with constantly changing content material, there're various websites that present the exact same content on many of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, and many others. APC is extremely useful for this kind of sites since it caches the previously compiled code and shows it each time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only minimize the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any website several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

APC is provided with every single shared hosting package that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your web applications. A few minutes later the framework will be working and you'll experience the faster loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we offer several versions of PHP which can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our high tech cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so in case you use some other web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with 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 Servers

You can use APC for every single script application which runs on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be created. Activating or deactivating APC for the account requires one click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module only for certain Internet sites. This is possible because of 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 can pick what release will be used for this particular site and whether APC should be enabled or disabled. Using such a file allows you to use settings that are different from the standard ones for your account, so you can take advantage of APC for some scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you could employ some other kind of web accelerator.