Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script applications. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and could speed up such an Internet site as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and each time a user opens a web page, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it is displayed to the guest. In case the output code does not change however, that's the case with Internet sites that display the same content all of the time, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it whenever visitors browse a website, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled over and over again, that consequently decreases the Internet site loading time. The module could be quite helpful for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

APC is available with each cloud web hosting plan that we offer and you can activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be active and you will be able to take advantage of the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. Since we provide different releases of PHP which can also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP in the same account. Our next generation cloud Internet hosting platform is very flexible, so if you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it interferes with APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to use APC for every single script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for particular sites. This is possible as a result of the flexibility of our cloud platform - several versions of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you will be able to pick what release will be used for this specific site and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file permits you to use settings that are different from the standard ones for the account, so you could take full advantage of APC for many scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you could employ some other type of web accelerator.