APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, that can boost a database-driven website several times. When a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the site content that should be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and resources for a website which doesn't change, such as an informational portal which shows the same content at all times. As soon as the web pages for such a website are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a visitor opens them. As this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load much quicker. APC is very useful in particular for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

You can use APC with each cloud website hosting plan that we offer since it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is quite flexible, you will be able to run Internet sites with various system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for one release of PHP or you can do this for several of the versions that run on the platform. You can also decide if all websites working with a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled just for selected websites and not for all sites in the hosting account. The last option is useful if you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are carried out without any difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans as it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you want to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional in a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected sites, our outstanding platform will allow you to customize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site can work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the latter is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you can run Internet sites with various requirements inside the very same account.