Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such a website as much as three times. PHP sites are dynamic and each time a website visitor accesses a page, the script links to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being shown to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, that's the case with websites that display the same content all of the time, such actions result in needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it whenever visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which in turn reduces the website loading time. The module can be very helpful for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etc.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting
You can use APC with every single web hosting package that we offer because it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is rather flexible, you can run Internet sites with various system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For instance, you could activate APC only for a single release of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the releases running on the platform. You may also decide if all websites using a particular PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active just for selected Internet sites and not for all websites in the hosting account. The last option is useful when you wish to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are carried out effortlessly through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server plans since it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you wish to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational in a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use other web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our state-of-the-art platform will enable you to personalize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based website can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can function without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you can run sites with different requirements inside the very same account.