APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, which could speed up a database-driven Internet site several times. When a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the site content that has to be shown from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and the result is shown to the website visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with routinely changing content, it is a waste of processing time and resources for a website that does not change, for instance an informational portal that shows the same content all the time. As soon as the web pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a website visitor opens them. Since this saves the time to collect content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the Internet site will load considerably quicker. APC is really efficient in particular for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

APC is available with each and every cloud web hosting package that we offer and you could activate it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web applications. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you'll notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we offer different versions of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts which require different versions of PHP in the very same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disrupts APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific 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 take advantage of APC with our semi-dedicated hosting solutions and activating this framework is done with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you could use it to accelerate your Internet sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you will have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you can employ. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP releases and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are different from the ones for the account in general, you'll be able to set what PHP version will be used and whether APC has to be enabled or not. In this way, one website may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one could use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.