Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and can boost such a website up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and each time a website visitor opens a web page, the script connects to a database in order to retrieve some content, and then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, that's the case with sites which display the very same content all the time, these actions result in needless reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it whenever visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't need to be accessed and the code does not have to be parsed and compiled again and again, that consequently reduces the site loading time. The module could be really efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting
APC is pre-installed on our outstanding cloud platform, therefore you can use it for your web applications whatever the shared web hosting package that you select when you sign up. The module can be enabled from your Hepsia internet hosting Control Panel which is used to maintain the shared accounts and only a couple of minutes later it will speed up your sites as it will start caching their program code. If you need to run Internet sites with different system requirements or employ specific web accelerators for some of them, you can customize the software environment by placing a php.ini file in the desired domain folder. Thus, you can enable or disable APC not just for a particular site without affecting the other Internet sites in the account, but also for a particular version of PHP because our platform is compatible with multiple versions simultaneously.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can take advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated server solutions and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you don't have any previous experience, you will be able to use it in order to accelerate your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up supports multiple PHP releases, you will have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to use. It will take you only a click to allow APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you could set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be allowed or not. In this way, one Internet site could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, and another one may use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.