APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software applications. Dynamic PHP Internet sites hold their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content which has to be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. All these actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the hosting server for each and every page which is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for websites with constantly changing content material, there are numerous Internet sites which have the very same content on a lot of of their webpages constantly - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etcetera. APC is really useful for this type of websites since it caches the previously compiled code and shows it every time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only greatly reduce the server load, but it'll also boost the speed of any Internet site several times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting
You can use APC with each cloud hosting package that we provide since 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. As our system is really flexible, you can run sites with different system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you could enable APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases running on our platform. It's also possible to select if all sites working with a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active just for selected sites and not for all websites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful if you want to employ a different web accelerator for several of your Internet sites. These customizations are carried out with ease by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can take advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated server packages and activating the framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you lack previous experience, you'll be able to use it in order to boost your Internet sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up supports multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to use. It will take you just a click to allow APC for one or several PHP releases and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account as a whole, you will be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC needs to be enabled or not. This way, one Internet site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one can use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.