APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, that could boost a database-driven website several times. Each time a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the site content which should be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the code, and the result is shown to the website visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with frequently changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and resources for a site that does not change, for instance an informational portal which displays identical content on a regular basis. Once the pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a visitor accesses them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the Internet site will load a lot faster. APC is really effective particularly for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with every single cloud hosting plan that we offer because it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is rather flexible, you'll be able to run sites with different requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you could allow APC only for a single release of PHP or you can do this for several of the releases running on our platform. You may also choose if all sites using a specific PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active only for selected Internet sites and not for all sites in the hosting account. The last option is useful when you wish to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are carried out without any difficulty via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting plans as it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you'd like to use this module, you will be able to enable it with a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a few minutes. As you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected sites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to customize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different releases 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. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you can run sites with different requirements inside the exact same account.