APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP Internet sites keep their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that has to be shown is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the website visitor. All these actions take some processing time and include reading and writing on the web server for each page that is accessed. While this can't be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there are a lot of sites that have the very same content on a lot of of their webpages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is very useful for this type of Internet sites because it caches the already compiled code and displays it whenever visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it will also raise the speed of any Internet site many times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting
You can use APC with each shared hosting package that we provide since it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is rather flexible, you can run Internet sites with different requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For example, you can enable APC only for one release of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the versions that run on our platform. In addition, you can decide if all websites working with a given PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active only 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 several of your Internet sites. These customizations are done effortlessly by using 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's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you would like to use this module, you can enable it with just a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational within a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use some other web accelerators for selected sites, our state-of-the-art platform will permit you to customize the software environment in your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can function without APC employing PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you will be able to run Internet sites with various requirements in the very same account.