APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, that could speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. Every time a PHP web page is opened, the script pulls the website content that needs to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with frequently changing content, it's a total waste of processing time and system resources for a site that does not change, for instance an informational portal that shows the exact same content all the time. Once the web pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a visitor accesses them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the site will load considerably quicker. APC is really helpful especially for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

APC is provided with each website hosting package that we offer and you could enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you want to use it for your applications. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you will be able to take advantage of the faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. As we offer several versions of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP within the same account. Our next generation cloud web hosting platform is very adaptable, so if you use some other web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter 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 Hosting

You can use APC with all of our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating the framework is done with a click from the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you lack previous experience, you will be able to use it to quicken your sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are made supports multiple PHP releases, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to employ. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or several PHP releases and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you can set what PHP release will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. In this way, one Internet site can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, while another one could use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.