APC, which is short for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script application, which can boost a database-driven website several times. Every time a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the website content that needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with regularly changing content, it's a complete waste of processing time and system resources for an Internet site that does not change, like an informational portal that shows the same content at all times. As soon as the web pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a user loads them. As this saves the time to request content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, your Internet site will load considerably quicker. APC is very helpful in particular for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

APC is available with each and every cloud hosting solution that we offer and you can enable it with just a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your web apps. Several minutes later the framework will be working and you will be able to take advantage of the considerably quicker loading speed of your database-driven sites. As we offer several versions of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that need different versions of PHP inside the same account. Our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform is extremely flexible, so in case you use another web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with APC, you will be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a particular site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC with our semi-dedicated server solutions and activating this framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no previous experience, you'll be able to use it in order to boost your Internet sites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll 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 several PHP versions and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings which are not the same as the ones for the account in general, you can set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be allowed or not. In this way, one Internet site can use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, whereas another one could use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.