Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could speed up such a website up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and every time a user accesses a webpage, the script links to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being shown to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, that's the case with websites which display identical content at all times, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it every time visitors browse a site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code does not have to be parsed and compiled again and again, that in turn reduces the site loading time. The module can be pretty helpful for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each shared hosting plan that we offer as it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is extremely flexible, you will be able to run websites with various requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do this for several of the releases running on our platform. You may also choose if all websites working with a given PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active just for selected Internet sites and not for all websites in the hosting account. The last option is useful if you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your Internet sites. These customizations are performed effortlessly by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is set up on the innovative cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could use it regardless of the package you pick. Enabling the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or previous experience in order to take full advantage of it. Since you will be able to work with several releases of PHP at the same time, you could customize the software environment for every single Internet site which you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what version of PHP this particular site will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you could run various scripts and use different web accelerators for Internet sites that are in the same account.