APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software applications. Dynamic PHP sites save their content inside a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content that has to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the visitor. These actions take some processing time and involve reading and writing on the hosting server for each page which is loaded. While this can't be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there're a lot of websites which have the exact same content on many of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is really useful for such websites as it caches the already compiled code and displays it every time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any website several times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting
You will be able to use APC for your web apps with any of the website hosting packages that we offer since it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Enabling it will take just a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it will begin caching the code of your apps. Our platform is really flexible, so you'll be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for several releases of PHP for the whole account and choose the version that each Internet site can use, or you can have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC just for specified websites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you need the customized configuration.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
APC is available with all semi-dedicated hosting packages as it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. In case you would like to use this module, you will be able to activate it with just a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a few minutes. As you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our advanced platform will allow you to customize the software environment in your account. You can activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it just for some websites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the latter is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you could run Internet sites with different requirements in the exact same account.