APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites save their content in a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content which needs to be displayed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the website visitor. All these actions need some processing time and involve reading and writing on the hosting server for each page that is opened. While this can't be avoided for websites with constantly changing content material, there are various websites which feature the same content on many of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant sites, etcetera. APC is extremely useful for such Internet sites because it caches the already compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. Not only will this minimize the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any Internet site many times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting
APC is available with every single shared web hosting package that we offer and you could enable it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web applications. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you'll be able to take advantage of the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. Since we provide several versions of PHP that can also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform is very adaptable, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated server packages and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you could use it in order to accelerate your websites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you will have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you can employ. It will take you just a click to activate APC for one or several PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you could set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. In this way, one website can use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, while another one could use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.