APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, which can boost a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the website content which needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the program code, then the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for sites with frequently changing content, it's a waste of processing time and resources for an Internet site that does not change, for example an informational portal that displays the very same content at all times. As soon as the web pages for such a website are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a user opens them. As this saves the time to request content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your Internet site will load considerably quicker. APC is very effective especially for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC for your web applications with any of the shared hosting packages that we provide since it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Turning it on will take just a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared plans and a few minutes later it'll begin caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is rather flexible, so you'll be able to use different configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you could activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the whole account and pick the version that each site will use, or you can have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for particular websites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC with our semi-dedicated server plans and activating the framework is done with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no prior experience, you'll be able to use it in order to speed up your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you can use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you can set what PHP release will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. In this way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one may use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.