Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and will boost such an Internet site up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and every time a user accesses some webpage, the script hooks up to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is shown to the site visitor. If the output code does not change however, which is the case with websites which show the exact same content all of the time, these actions result in unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the program code does not need to be parsed and compiled continuously, which consequently lowers the site loading time. The module could be rather useful for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting
You can use APC with each and every shared hosting package that we offer as it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is rather flexible, you'll be able to run websites with various system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For example, you can activate APC only for a single version of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the releases that run on our platform. It's also possible to select if all websites working with a given PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active only for selected websites and not for all websites in the website hosting account. The last option is useful when you intend to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are performed effortlessly by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to use APC for every script application which runs on your new semi-dedicated server since the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account takes a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for particular Internet sites. This is possible as a result of the flexibility of our cloud platform - multiple versions of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you'll be able to pick what version will be used for this specific website and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file enables you to use settings that are different from the ones for your account, so you can take advantage of APC for some scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you can take advantage of another type of web accelerator.