APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which can speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP webpage is opened, the script pulls the content that has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and the result is displayed to the website visitor. While this is necessary for sites with routinely changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and resources for a site that doesn't change, for instance an informational portal which shows the exact same content on a regular basis. When the webpages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a user opens them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your Internet site will load significantly quicker. APC is really useful in particular for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Website Hosting

You can use APC with each cloud website hosting plan that we provide because it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you just a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is extremely flexible, you'll be able to run sites with different requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you could allow APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases running on our platform. You may also decide if all sites using a particular PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active just for selected Internet sites and not for all websites in the hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are performed without any difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC for every single script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated server since the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the account takes a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for certain websites. This is possible because of the versatility of our cloud platform - several releases 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 choose what release will be used for this specific website and whether APC should be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file enables you to use settings which are different from the ones for the account, so you can take full advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you may employ some other kind of web accelerator.