Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could accelerate such a site up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and every time a visitor accesses some web page, the script hooks up to a database in order to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the site visitor. If the output code doesn't change however, which is the case with sites that display identical content at all times, these actions trigger excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled code and delivers it every time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which consequently decreases the site loading time. The module can be pretty effective for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting

You can employ APC for your web applications with any of the shared web hosting plans that we provide since it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Turning it on will take only a click in the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with our shared solutions and a couple of minutes later it'll begin caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you'll be able to use different configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you will be able to activate APC for several releases of PHP for the whole account and specify the version that each site can use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC just for specified Internet sites. You can do this by putting a php.ini file with a line of code in the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server solutions since it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account shall be created. In case you wish to use this module, you will be able to enable it with just a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully operational in a couple of minutes. As you may need to use alternative web accelerators for selected websites, our leading-edge platform will enable you to personalize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based website could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress website could work without APC employing PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the latter is a php.ini file with several lines in it, so you can run websites with various requirements from the very same account.