APC, which means Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which can boost a database-driven Internet site several times. Any time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the site content that needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and the result is displayed to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with frequently changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and resources for a website which doesn't change, for example an informational portal which shows identical content at all times. When the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a user loads them. As this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the website will load considerably faster. APC is really useful in particular for scripts with large source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting
APC is provided with each shared website hosting solution that we offer and you could enable it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your applications. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you'll be able to take advantage of the quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. Since we provide different releases of PHP which can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform is very flexible, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is available with all semi-dedicated server plans since it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you'd like to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully operational within a few minutes. As you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected sites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to customize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you can run websites with different requirements inside the exact same account.