APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, which can boost a database-driven Internet site several times. Every time a PHP web page is accessed, the script pulls the content which needs to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with regularly changing content, it is a complete waste of processing time and resources for a site that does not change, like an informational portal that displays the exact same content at all times. When the web pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a user loads them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load a lot quicker. APC is really helpful in particular for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

APC is provided with each shared hosting solution that we offer and you can activate it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your applications. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you will experience the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we provide several releases of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our high tech cloud Internet hosting platform is very adaptable, so if you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a certain site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server plans since it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you'd like to use this module, you'll be able to activate it with just a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational within a few minutes. Since you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our cutting-edge platform will allow you to customize the software environment in your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you can run websites with different requirements inside the exact same account.