Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could boost such a site up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor accesses some webpage, the script hooks up to a database in order to retrieve some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, that is the case with websites that show identical content all of the time, these actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which in turn minimizes the website loading time. The module can be rather helpful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

You can use APC with every single hosting plan that we provide because it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is really flexible, you'll be able to run websites with different system requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For instance, you can activate APC only for one version of PHP or you could do this for several of the releases running on the platform. It's also possible to select if all websites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled just for selected sites and not for all websites in the web hosting account. The last option is useful if you would like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your websites. These customizations are done without difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating this framework is done with a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you don't have any prior experience, you could use it to speed up your websites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you could use. It will take you just a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account as a whole, you will be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be allowed or not. In this way, one Internet site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one could use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.