APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP websites hold their content in a database which is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that needs to be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the website visitor. All of these actions take some processing time and involve reading and writing on the hosting server for each page that is opened. While this can't be avoided for Internet sites with regularly changing content material, there are various sites that present the very same content on a number of of their pages all of the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is exceptionally useful for this kind of sites since it caches the previously compiled code and displays it when visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled again. Not only will this reduce the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any website a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer because it's already installed on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you'll be able to run Internet sites with various requirements and decide whether they will use APC or not. For instance, you could enable APC only for one version of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions running on our platform. It's also possible to decide if all websites using a given PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled only for selected Internet sites and not for all websites in the website hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you want to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are carried out with ease via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is installed on the innovative cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could use it whatever the plan you select. Enabling the module is performed from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or previous experience to take full advantage of it. Since you will be able to use several versions of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to customize the software environment for every single site that you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what version of PHP this Internet site will use and whether APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you can run various scripts and employ various web accelerators for websites which are in the same account.