Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and can speed up such an Internet site up to three times. PHP sites are dynamic and whenever a user opens some page, the script hooks up to a database to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, that is the case with sites that display the very same content all of the time, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't need to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again and again, that in turn reduces the website loading time. The module could be rather efficient for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You will be able to use APC for your web applications with any of the cloud hosting packages that we offer because it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take just a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it'll start caching the program code of your software apps. Our platform is very flexible, so you'll be able to use different configurations in accordance with the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you will be able to activate APC for several versions of PHP for the whole account and choose the version that each site can use, or you could have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC just for specific sites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server packages because it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you would like to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a couple of minutes. As you may want to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to customize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can function without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you could run sites with different requirements inside the very same account.