APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which could boost a database-driven website several times. Each time a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the site content that needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and then the result is displayed to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and system resources for a site which does not change, for example an informational portal that shows the very same content at all times. When the web pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a user accesses them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load significantly quicker. APC is really useful in particular for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

You can use APC with each website hosting plan that we provide as it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you can run websites with various requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For instance, you can enable APC only for a single version of PHP or you can do this for several of the versions that run on the platform. You may also choose if all Internet sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected sites and not for all Internet sites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you want to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. 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

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated hosting packages as it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you wish to use this module, you will be able to activate it with a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional within a couple of minutes. Since you may need to use other web accelerators for selected sites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to personalize the software environment inside your account. You can activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some websites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based site can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you'll be able to run websites with various requirements from the very same account.