Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a website as much as 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a user opens a web page, 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 guest. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with websites that display identical content at all times, such actions trigger unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it each time visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again and again, which consequently minimizes the site loading time. The module can be extremely helpful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer since it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is quite flexible, you will be able to run websites with various requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you can enable APC only for one version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases that run on the platform. In addition, you can decide if all Internet sites working with a particular PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected websites and not for all sites in the web hosting account. The last option is useful if you need to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are performed without difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is installed on the innovative cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you will be able to employ it whatever the package you pick. Activating the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a click, so you will not need any skills or earlier experience to be able to take advantage of it. As you'll be able to employ different releases of PHP at the same time, you'll be able to modify the software environment for every single Internet site that you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this particular Internet site will use and whether APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account as a whole, so you can run various scripts and employ various web accelerators for sites that are in the same account.