APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP sites hold their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that has to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the website visitor. All these actions take some processing time and involve reading and writing on the web server for each page which is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for websites with constantly changing content, there are many sites that have the same content on a number of of their webpages all the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etc. APC is extremely useful for this kind of Internet sites since it caches the previously compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this greatly reduce the server load, but it will also raise the speed of any website a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

APC is available with every single hosting solution that we offer and you could enable it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web apps. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you'll be able to take advantage of the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. As we provide several releases of PHP which could also be selected from Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our next generation cloud hosting platform is very adaptable, so if you use some other web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is set up on the state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you could employ it irrespective of the plan you pick. Enabling the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or prior experience in order to take full advantage of it. Since you'll be able to employ several versions of PHP at once, you will be able to customize the software environment for each website that you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will enable you to set what release of PHP this particular Internet site will use and if APC should be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you could run different scripts and use different web accelerators for websites that are in the same account.