APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which could boost a database-driven site several times. Each time a PHP page is accessed, the script pulls the website content which has to be displayed from a database, parses and compiles the program code, and the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with frequently changing content, it is a total waste of processing time and system resources for a website that does not change, like an informational portal that displays the same content at all times. When the webpages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them every time a website visitor accesses them. As this saves the time to get content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the website will load significantly quicker. APC is really efficient particularly for scripts with large source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting
You'll be able to use APC for your web applications with any of the shared website hosting packages that we offer because it is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Activating it will take only a click in the Hepsia Control Panel that is provided with our shared plans and a few minutes later it'll start caching the code of your software applications. Our platform is quite flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations in accordance with the system requirements of the scripts. For example, you will be able to activate APC for several versions of PHP for the entire account and specify the version that each website will use, or you could have the very same version of PHP, but activate or deactivate APC only for specific sites. You can do this by placing a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you need the customized setup.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can use APC with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages and activating this framework is performed with a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you lack prior experience, you'll be able to use it to boost your websites. As the cloud internet hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are created is compatible with multiple PHP releases, you'll have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you'll be able to employ. It will take you only a click to enable 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 that 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 needs to be enabled or not. This way, one Internet site could use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, and another one could use another accelerator and PHP 5.5.