APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, that can boost a database-driven website several times. Every time a PHP page is accessed, the script pulls the website content which should be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and the result is displayed to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with constantly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and resources for a site which does not change, such as an informational portal which displays the same content all the time. When the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a visitor accesses them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, your Internet site will load much quicker. APC is really effective in particular for scripts with larger source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting

APC is available with every single web hosting plan that we offer and you could enable it with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we offer several versions of PHP which can also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which require different versions of PHP inside the very same account. Our next generation cloud web hosting platform is very flexible, so if you use an alternative web accelerator for any website and it disrupts APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can use APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating this framework is done with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you lack prior experience, you could use it in order to speed up your sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you will have flexibility regarding the scripts and web accelerators you can employ. It will take you only a click to activate APC for one or a couple of PHP versions 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 will be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be allowed or not. This way, one site could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one can use some different accelerator and PHP 5.5.