APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP websites save their content inside a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that should be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. All of these actions take some processing time and include reading and writing on the server for each page which is loaded. While this can't be avoided for sites with constantly changing content material, there're a lot of Internet sites that feature the exact same content on a lot of of their pages all the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etc. APC is exceptionally useful for such sites as it caches the previously compiled code and displays it any time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. Not only will this minimize the server load, but it will also raise the speed of any website many times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to use APC for your web applications with all of the cloud hosting packages that we provide because it is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Turning it on will take only a click in the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared plans and several minutes later it will begin caching the program code of your applications. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for several versions of PHP for the whole account and specify the version that each Internet site will use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC just for specified sites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of code within the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom setup.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use APC for each and every script application that is run on your new semi-dedicated server as the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be created. Activating or deactivating APC for the whole account takes a single click in the Hepsia Control Panel, but if needed, you can use the module just for particular websites. This is possible because of the flexibility of our cloud platform - different versions of PHP run on it at the same time, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you will be able to choose what release will be used for this particular website and whether APC needs to be enabled or disabled. Using such a file enables you to use settings that are different from the ones for your account, so you could take advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module will make a difference and not for others where you could take advantage of a different kind of web accelerator.