APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, that can boost a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the site content that needs to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is displayed to the website visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it is a total waste of processing time and system resources for a site that does not change, for example an informational portal that displays the same content on a regular basis. As soon as the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a website visitor opens them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, your Internet site will load considerably faster. APC is very helpful particularly for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

APC is available with every single hosting package that we offer and you could enable it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web applications. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you will notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we offer several releases of PHP which can also be selected from Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it disturbs APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a selected site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can take full advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated server solutions and activating the framework is performed with a mouse click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you don't have any previous experience, you will be able to use it to speed up your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom regarding the scripts and web accelerators you could employ. It will take you just a click to activate APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you'll be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC needs to be allowed or not. In this way, one Internet site could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, whereas another one could use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.