APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, that could boost a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP web page is opened, the script pulls the content which should be shown from a database, parses and compiles the code, and the result is displayed to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with routinely changing content, it is a complete waste of processing time and resources for a website which doesn't change, like an informational portal which displays the exact same content all the time. As soon as the pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a user accesses them. As this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, your website will load a lot quicker. APC is very useful particularly for scripts with large source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting
You can use APC with each cloud web hosting package that we provide because it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you will be able to run sites with various requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you can activate APC only for one version of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions that run on our platform. You can also choose if all sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected sites and not for all websites in the website hosting account. The last option is useful when you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your Internet sites. These customizations are done with ease by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is available with all semi-dedicated server plans since it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you want to use this module, you can activate it with just a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully operational in a few minutes. As you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected websites, our leading-edge platform will allow you to customize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal-based Internet site can function with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you could run websites with different requirements in the same account.