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 efficient for scripts with large source code and can accelerate such a site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor opens some webpage, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the guest. In case the output code does not change however, which is the case with Internet sites which show the very same content all of the time, these actions trigger unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which consequently lowers the Internet site loading time. The module can be extremely efficient for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting
You'll be able to employ APC for your web apps with any of the shared hosting packages that we provide because it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared plans and a few minutes later it'll begin caching the program code of your apps. Our platform is really flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations based on the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the entire account and set the version that each Internet site can use, or you can have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific websites. 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 plans as it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you wish to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with just a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use other web accelerators for selected websites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to customize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you could run websites with various requirements inside the very same account.