APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script software applications. Dynamic PHP websites keep their content inside a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content that needs to be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the visitor. These actions need some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for every single page that is loaded. While this can't be avoided for Internet sites with regularly changing content material, there're numerous Internet sites that offer the very same content on many of their webpages constantly - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant sites, and many others. APC is very useful for this type of websites since it caches the previously compiled code and displays it each time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only decrease the server load, but it will also raise the speed of any site a few times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting
APC is provided with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer and you can enable it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you would like to use it for your web apps. A few minutes later the framework will be working and you'll experience the faster loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we offer different releases of PHP which could also be selected through Hepsia, you'll even be able to to use APC for scripts which need different versions of PHP inside the very same account. Our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform is very flexible, so if you use some other web accelerator for any website and it disturbs APC, you could activate or deactivate the aforementioned for a certain site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
APC is set up on the state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you'll be able to employ it irrespective of the plan you pick. Enabling the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or earlier experience to be able to take advantage of it. Since you'll be able to use different releases of PHP simultaneously, you'll be able to modify the software environment for each website that you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what release of PHP this particular site will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you could run various scripts and take advantage of various web accelerators for Internet sites that are in the same account.