Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a website as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and each time a user accesses a webpage, the script connects to a database to get some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the site visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with Internet sites which display the same content all the time, such actions trigger needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again and again, that in turn minimizes the site loading time. The module could be really efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etc.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting
APC is available with each hosting solution that we offer and you can activate it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish 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 quicker loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we offer different versions of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP inside the same account. Our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform is very adaptable, so in case you use another web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
APC is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans since it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you would like to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational in a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use some other web accelerators for selected sites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to customize the software environment inside your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC employing PHP 5.6. What is needed to do that is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you could run Internet sites with different requirements in the same account.