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 efficient for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a site up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and any time a user accesses a page, the script connects to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the site visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with Internet sites that show the same content at all times, such actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it each time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled again and again, which in turn decreases the Internet site loading time. The module could be very effective for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting
APC is available with each website hosting package that we offer and you can enable it with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we provide different releases of PHP which could also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our high tech cloud Internet hosting platform is very adaptable, so if you use some other web accelerator for any website and it disrupts APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is set up on the state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you'll be able to use it whatever the package you get. Enabling the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a click, so you won't need any skills or previous experience to take full advantage of it. Since you'll be able to use different versions of PHP at the same time, you could customize the software environment for each and every site that you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this particular Internet site will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you could run various scripts and take advantage of different web accelerators for Internet sites which are in the same account.