Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a user 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 shown to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with websites that show the very same content at all times, these actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database doesn't need to be accessed and the program code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, which in turn lowers the site loading time. The module could be really helpful for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared hosting package that we offer because it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is quite flexible, you can run Internet sites with various system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For example, you can allow APC only for one version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the versions running on our platform. It's also possible to decide if all sites working with a given PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected Internet sites and not for all Internet sites in the hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are done effortlessly through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is installed on the innovative cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could employ it irrespective of the package you pick. Activating the module is done through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or previous experience to take advantage of it. As you will be able to employ several versions of PHP simultaneously, you could customize the software environment for each and every Internet site that you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with a few lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this website will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you could run different scripts and use various web accelerators for websites that are in the same account.