APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP websites store their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that needs to be displayed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the visitor. All these actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the web server for each and every page that is accessed. While this cannot be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there're various sites that offer the same content on many of their pages at all times - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant sites, and many others. APC is extremely useful for this type of Internet sites since it caches the already compiled code and displays it whenever visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only lower the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any Internet site many times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared hosting package that we provide as it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you'll be able to run Internet sites with various system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For instance, you could enable APC only for one version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases running on our platform. You can also choose if all sites working with a particular PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled just for selected sites and not for all websites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you need to employ a different web accelerator for some of your websites. 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 state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you could use it irrespective of the package you pick. Activating the module is performed from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a click, so you won't need any skills or previous experience to be able to take advantage of it. As you will be able to use several releases of PHP concurrently, you will be able to customize the software environment for each and every Internet site which you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what version of PHP this specific site will use and whether APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you can run various scripts and employ different web accelerators for Internet sites that are in the same account.