APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script app, that can speed up a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP web page is accessed, the script pulls the content which needs to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for sites with routinely changing content, it's a waste of processing time and resources for an Internet site which doesn't change, for example an informational portal that displays identical content at all times. As soon as the webpages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them each time a website visitor loads them. Since this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the site will load a lot faster. APC is really efficient in particular for scripts with massive source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

You can use APC with every single shared hosting package that we provide as it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel. As our platform is extremely flexible, you'll be able to run websites with various requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you could allow APC only for a single release of PHP or you can do the latter for several of the releases running on the platform. You may also select if all Internet sites using a particular PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active just for selected Internet sites and not for all websites in the website hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you want to employ a different web accelerator for several of your websites. These customizations are carried out without any difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting

APC is set up on the amazing cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you will be able to use it regardless of the package you choose. Enabling the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a click, so you will not need any skills or earlier experience to take advantage of it. As you'll be able to work with several versions of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to modify the software environment for each Internet site you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what release of PHP this site will use and if APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you could run various scripts and take advantage of various web accelerators for Internet sites which are in the same account.