APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which can boost a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP page is opened, the script pulls the content that needs to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for sites with regularly changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and system resources for an Internet site that doesn't change, for example an informational portal that shows the very same content all the time. As soon as the webpages for such a website are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a visitor loads them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the website will load significantly quicker. APC is very useful particularly for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with each and every cloud hosting package that we provide because it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is really flexible, you will be able to run sites with various requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you can enable APC only for a single version of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions running on the platform. In addition, you can choose if all Internet sites using a given PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected Internet sites and not for all sites in the hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are performed with ease by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can use APC with our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating the framework is done with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you don't have any previous experience, you can use it to quicken your Internet sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll 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 inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you'll be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC has to be allowed or not. This way, one site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, while another one could use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.