Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and could boost such a site up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and any time a user accesses a page, the script hooks up to a database to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the website visitor. If the output code does not change however, that is the case with Internet sites which show the very same content all the time, such actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, that consequently reduces the website loading time. The module could be rather helpful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared web hosting package that we offer since it is already installed on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is extremely flexible, you can run sites with different system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For instance, you could activate APC only for a single version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases that run on our platform. In addition, you can select if all websites working with a given PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled just for selected sites and not for all Internet sites in the website hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you want to employ a different web accelerator for some of your Internet sites. These customizations are done without difficulty through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting plans and activating this framework is done with a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you have no prior experience, you will be able to use it in order to accelerate your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you will have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to employ. It will take you only a click to allow APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you'll be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. In this way, one website may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one can use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.