APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP websites keep their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that has to be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it's delivered to the visitor. These actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the hosting server for each page which is accessed. While this can't be avoided for websites with constantly changing content, there are numerous websites which feature the exact same content on a lot of of their pages all of the time - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is very useful for such sites because it caches the previously compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it will also raise the speed of any site several times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting
You can use APC with each and every shared website hosting plan that we provide as it is already present on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our platform is quite flexible, you can run sites with various requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you can enable APC only for one release of PHP or you can do this for several of the releases running on our platform. You can also decide if all sites working with a given PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active only for selected websites and not for all Internet sites in the hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are done without any difficulty via a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is provided with all semi-dedicated server plans because it is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you wish to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with a single click in your Hepsia Control Panel and it will be fully functional in a few minutes. As you may want to use alternative web accelerators for selected websites, our advanced platform will allow you to customize the software environment inside your account. You will be able to activate APC for different versions of PHP or use it only for some sites and not for others. For example, a Drupal™-based Internet site can work with APC employing PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC employing PHP 5.6. What is needed to do the aforementioned is a php.ini file with a few lines in it, so you will be able to run websites with different requirements in the same account.