Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could boost such an Internet site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and each time a website visitor accesses some web page, the script links to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that's the case with Internet sites that display the very same content all of the time, such actions trigger needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it each time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again and again, that consequently minimizes the site loading time. The module can be very useful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

You can use APC for your web applications with all of the web hosting packages that we provide since it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take only a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it will start caching the code of your software apps. Our platform is very flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations based on the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you will be able to activate APC for several versions of PHP for the entire account and pick the version that each website can use, or you can have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC just for particular Internet sites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the customized setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is installed on the state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are made, so you could employ it irrespective of the plan you select. Activating the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or prior experience to take full advantage of it. As you'll be able to employ several releases of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to customize the software environment for each and every Internet site that you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what release of PHP this specific Internet site will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you could run different scripts and take advantage of various web accelerators for websites which are in the same account.