APC, which is an acronym for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which could speed up a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the content that needs to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, then the result is shown to the visitor. While this is necessary for websites with routinely changing content, it is a complete waste of processing time and resources for an Internet site which doesn't change, such as an informational portal that shows identical content on a regular basis. Once the web pages for such a site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them whenever a visitor opens them. As this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the program code, your Internet site will load much quicker. APC is really helpful in particular for scripts with large source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting
You can use APC with every single shared website hosting package that we provide since it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and activating it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is quite flexible, you will be able to run sites with different system requirements and decide whether they will work with APC or not. For instance, you can allow APC only for one version of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases that run on our platform. You can also choose if all Internet sites working with a specific PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled just for selected sites and not for all sites in the website hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you would like to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are performed without any difficulty through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is installed on the state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you'll be able to use it regardless of the package you get. Enabling the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or earlier experience in order to take advantage of it. As you'll be able to use several releases of PHP at the same time, you'll be able to customize the software environment for every single Internet site you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with a few lines in it placed in a domain folder will enable you to set what version of PHP this particular website will use and if APC has to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account in general, so you can run various scripts and use different web accelerators for sites which are in the same account.