APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which could boost a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the content that should be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is displayed to the site visitor. While this is necessary for websites with frequently changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and resources for an Internet site which does not change, for instance an informational portal that shows identical content all the time. As soon as the web pages for such a website are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a user accesses them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the Internet site will load a lot faster. APC is really efficient in particular for scripts with massive source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting
You can employ APC for your web applications with any of the website hosting plans that we offer since it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take just a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it will start caching the program code of your software apps. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations based on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you will be able to activate APC for several releases of PHP for the entire account and set the version that each website can use, or you could have the very same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific Internet sites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of program code within the domain or subdomain folder where you need the customized setup.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server plans since 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'll be able to activate it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional within a few minutes. Since you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected sites, our state-of-the-art platform will allow you to personalize the software environment in your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it just for some sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based website can function with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website could 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 will be able to run sites with various requirements in the very same account.