APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP websites store their content in a database that is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content which should be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the site visitor. All these actions need some processing time and involve reading and writing on the hosting server for each page which is loaded. While this can't be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there're a lot of websites which present the same content on a lot of of their pages constantly - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant sites, and many others. APC is extremely useful for this type of sites since it caches the previously compiled code and displays it any time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only lower the server load, but it'll also boost the speed of any website a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

APC is available with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web apps. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you'll be able to take advantage of the quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we provide different versions of PHP that can also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP within the same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so if you use another web accelerator for any website and it disrupts APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating this framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you have no previous experience, you can use it to boost your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you will have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you can use. It will take you just a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account as a whole, you'll be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. This way, one website can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, while another one can use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.