APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, that could boost a database-driven Internet site several times. Any time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the content which needs to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with regularly changing content, it is a total waste of processing time and system resources for a website which doesn't change, for instance an informational portal which displays identical content at all times. Once the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a website visitor loads them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, your Internet site will load considerably faster. APC is very efficient particularly for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

APC is provided with each web hosting solution that we offer and you can activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you'll be able to take advantage of the quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we offer several versions of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP within the same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use some other web accelerator for any website and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to use APC for each and every script application that runs on your new semi-dedicated hosting because the module is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account requires a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for particular sites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - multiple releases of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you will be able to pick what release will be used for this specific Internet site and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file enables you to use settings that are different from the standard ones for your account, so you could take full advantage of APC for some scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you can take advantage of another kind of web accelerator.