Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and can speed up such a site up to three times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a website visitor accesses a page, the script links to a database to get some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, which is the case with Internet sites that show the very same content all the time, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it each time visitors browse a site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, that in turn lowers the website loading time. The module could be extremely helpful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to employ APC for your web applications with any of the cloud hosting packages that we offer since it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Activating it will take only a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it'll begin caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations in accordance with the system requirements of your scripts. For example, you could activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the entire account and set the version that each Internet site will use, or you can have the same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specified Internet sites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server plans because it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you'd like to use this module, you will be able to activate it with a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional in a few minutes. As you may need to use other web accelerators for selected sites, our outstanding platform will allow you to customize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based Internet site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you could run Internet sites with different requirements from the very same account.