APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, which could speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. Each time a PHP webpage is opened, the script pulls the website content that has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with frequently changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and system resources for a website which doesn't change, such as an informational portal which shows identical content at all times. As soon as the web pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a visitor accesses them. As this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the site will load considerably faster. APC is very effective especially for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

APC is pre-installed on our next generation cloud platform, therefore you will be able to use it for your applications whatever the shared website hosting plan that you choose when you sign up. The module can be activated from the Hepsia internet hosting Control Panel which is used to take care of the shared accounts and just a few minutes later it will speed up your sites because it'll start caching their code. If you wish to run websites with different system requirements or take advantage of specific web accelerators for some of them, you could customize the software environment by putting a php.ini file inside the desired domain folder. In this way, you can enable or disable APC not just for a particular website without affecting the other Internet sites in the account, but also for a certain version of PHP as our platform supports multiple versions at the same time.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take full advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating the framework is performed with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you have no prior experience, you'll be able to use it to quicken your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up supports multiple PHP versions, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or several 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 could set what PHP version will be used and whether APC has to be enabled or not. This way, one Internet site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one can use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.