Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and every time a visitor accesses a webpage, the script connects to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with websites that show identical content all of the time, such actions trigger needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it whenever visitors browse a site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the program code does not need to be parsed and compiled again and again, which consequently reduces the site loading time. The module could be really effective for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You will be able to use APC for your web applications with all of the cloud hosting packages that we offer since it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take only a click in the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared solutions and several minutes later it'll begin caching the program code of your software apps. Our platform is rather flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations determined by the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you will be able to activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the entire account and pick the version that each site can use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific Internet sites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of code within the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server solutions as it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you wish to use this module, you will be able to activate it with a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational within a few minutes. As you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our advanced platform will permit 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 sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based site could work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website can function without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you can run sites with various requirements from the same account.