APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, which can speed up a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP webpage is opened, the script pulls the site content which needs to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with regularly changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and resources for a website that doesn't change, for example an informational portal which displays identical content on a regular basis. As soon as the pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a visitor accesses them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your website will load considerably quicker. APC is very effective especially for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with each and every cloud hosting plan that we provide since it is already installed on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is rather flexible, you will be able to run sites with various system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For instance, you can enable APC only for one release of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the versions that run on the platform. You may also choose if all sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active just for selected websites and not for all sites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you intend to employ a different web accelerator for some of your websites. These customizations are carried out 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 that runs on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the entire account requires a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for particular sites. This is possible as a result of the versatility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a site folder, you will be able to select what version will be used for this specific site and whether APC should be enabled or disabled. Using such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the ones for the account, so you will be able to take advantage of APC for some scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you can use a different type of web accelerator.