APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP websites store their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content which needs to be displayed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. All of these actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the server for each and every page that is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for Internet sites with regularly changing content, there are many websites that offer the exact same content on many of their webpages all of the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant sites, and many others. APC is very useful for this type of sites because it caches the previously compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it'll also increase the speed of any Internet site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each shared hosting package that we offer as it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you'll be able to run Internet sites with different system requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for one version of PHP or you can do this for several of the versions that run on our platform. In addition, you can select if all websites using a given PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled just for selected sites and not for all websites in the website hosting account. The last option is useful if you wish to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are carried out without difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can use APC with our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating the framework is done with a mouse click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you lack previous experience, you could use it in order to speed up your Internet sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom regarding the scripts and web accelerators you can employ. It will take you just a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you will be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC should be enabled or not. This way, one site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, whereas another one may use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.