APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, that can speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP web page is opened, the script pulls the website content that has to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the program code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with regularly changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and resources for a site that doesn't change, for example an informational portal that shows the exact same content all the time. When the web pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a website visitor accesses them. As this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the site will load much faster. APC is very effective especially for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You can use APC with every single cloud hosting package that we offer as it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is quite flexible, you will be able to run websites with various system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you can enable APC only for a single release of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the releases running on our platform. You may also decide if all Internet sites working with a specific PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be enabled only for selected websites and not for all sites in the web hosting account. The last option is useful when you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your Internet sites. These customizations are done without difficulty via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can use APC for each and every script application which is run on your new semi-dedicated hosting as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be made. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes one click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you could use the module only for certain Internet sites. This is possible because of the versatility of our cloud platform - different releases of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you will be able to select what release will be used for this particular website and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file permits you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for your account, so you'll be able to take advantage of APC for some scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you could take advantage of some other kind of web accelerator.