APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a given script application, that could speed up a database-driven site several times. Each time a PHP web page is accessed, the script pulls the website content which has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, then the result is displayed to the site visitor. While this is necessary for sites with constantly changing content, it is a waste of processing time and resources for a website that does not change, such as an informational portal which shows the same content at all times. Once the pages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a user loads them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, the Internet site will load much faster. APC is very effective especially for scripts with large source code.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting

APC is available with every single shared hosting solution that we offer and you can activate it with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you'll notice the quicker loading speed of your database-driven Internet sites. As we provide several versions of PHP that could also be selected from Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP inside the same account. Our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform is very adaptable, so in case you use a different web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a specific 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 take advantage of APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating this framework is done with a mouse click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even if you lack previous experience, you'll be able to use it in order to quicken your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created supports multiple PHP versions, you'll have flexibility with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you will be able to employ. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or several PHP releases and by using a php.ini file inside the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account in general, you will be able to set what PHP release will be used and whether APC should be enabled or not. This way, one website could use APC and PHP 5.3, for instance, and another one may use some other accelerator and PHP 5.5.