APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites store their content within a database that is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that has to be viewed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the visitor. All these actions need some processing time and involve reading and writing on the web server for each page that is opened. While this can't be avoided for sites with constantly changing content, there are a lot of sites that feature the same content on a lot of of their webpages constantly - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, and many others. APC is really useful for this type of Internet sites because it caches the previously compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this decrease the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any website many times.

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 offer because it's pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and several minutes later it will begin caching the program code of your apps. Our platform is rather flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you could activate APC for several releases of PHP for the whole account and choose the version that each website can use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific Internet sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code within the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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