Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and can speed up such a website up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and each time a website visitor opens a web page, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being shown to the visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with sites which show the exact same content all of the time, such actions trigger unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it every time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, which in turn decreases the site loading time. The module could be rather helpful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You'll be able to use APC for your web apps with any of the shared hosting plans that we provide as it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a click in the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it'll start caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is really flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations in accordance with the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you will be able to activate APC for several releases of PHP for the entire account and pick the version that each website will use, or you could have the same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific sites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of program code within the domain or subdomain folder where you require the customized configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating this framework is performed with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no prior experience, you could use it in order to quicken your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you'll have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you can use. It will take you just a click to activate APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you could set what PHP release will be used and whether APC has to be enabled or not. In this way, one website can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, while another one may use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.