APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, which can boost a database-driven site several times. Any time a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the content which needs to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and the result is displayed to the website visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it's a waste of processing time and resources for a site which doesn't change, such as an informational portal which displays the same content all the time. When the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a user loads them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load much quicker. APC is very helpful in particular for scripts with massive source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting
You can use APC with each and every hosting plan that we provide since it's already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is really flexible, you can run Internet sites with different requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you can enable APC only for a single version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the versions that run on the platform. In addition, you can select if all Internet sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected Internet sites and not for all Internet sites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are done with ease via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is available with all semi-dedicated server packages as it's pre-installed on the cloud website hosting platform where your account shall be created. If you want to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with a single click from your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully functional in a couple of minutes. Since you may want to use some other web accelerators for selected sites, our cutting-edge platform will enable you to customize the software environment in your account. You can activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it only for some websites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based website can work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site could work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do that is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you can run websites with various requirements from the exact same account.