APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, that could speed up a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the website content which has to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the program code, then the result is shown to the website visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with constantly changing content, it is a complete waste of processing time and system resources for an Internet site that doesn't change, for example an informational portal which displays identical content on a regular basis. As soon as the pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a user opens them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your website will load a lot quicker. APC is very useful particularly for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting

APC is available with each shared website hosting plan that we offer and you could enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. As we provide several versions of PHP which could also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform is extremely flexible, so if you use another web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a selected site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC with our semi-dedicated server packages and activating the framework is done with a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you don't have any previous experience, you could use it in order to quicken your Internet sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP releases, you'll have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to employ. It will take you only a click to enable 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 as a whole, you could set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be enabled or not. In this way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, whereas another one may use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.