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 useful for scripts with large source code and will speed up such an Internet site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor opens a web page, the script links to a database to get some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the site visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with websites which show the exact same content all the time, these actions result in needless 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 doesn't need to be accessed and the code does not have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which consequently minimizes the website loading time. The module could be very helpful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with each and every cloud hosting package that we provide since it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is extremely flexible, you can run websites with different requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions that run on our platform. You can also choose if all Internet sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled just for selected Internet sites and not for all Internet sites in the web hosting account. The last option is useful if you intend to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are carried out without difficulty through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to use APC for every script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes one click from the Hepsia Control Panel, but if needed, you could use the module just for certain websites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - several releases of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you can choose what release will be used for this particular Internet site and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file enables you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for your account, so you'll be able to take advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you may use another kind of web accelerator.