APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites keep their content in a database that is accessed whenever a visitor opens a page. The content that should be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the visitor. All of these actions take some processing time and include reading and writing on the web server for each and every page that is opened. While this cannot be avoided for Internet sites with constantly changing content material, there are a lot of sites which have the very same content on a number of of their webpages all of the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is really useful for this type of Internet sites because it caches the previously compiled code and shows it when visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. Not only will this decrease the server load, but it will also boost the speed of any Internet site several times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

You can use APC for your web applications with any of the cloud website hosting plans that we provide as it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Activating it will take only a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared solutions and a few minutes later it will begin caching the code of your apps. Our platform is rather flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations in accordance with the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you could activate APC for a couple of versions of PHP for the whole account and select the version that each site will use, or you can have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for specific Internet sites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of program code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you require the customized configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is installed on the amazing cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could employ it regardless of the plan you pick. Activating the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a click, so you will not need any skills or previous experience in order to take advantage of it. As you will be able to use different releases of PHP at once, you could customize the software environment for every single site you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this specific website will use and if APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you can run different scripts and employ different web accelerators for sites which are in the same account.