APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software apps. Dynamic PHP sites hold their content within a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content which needs to be shown is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the visitor. These actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the hosting server for each page that is opened. While this can't be avoided for Internet sites with constantly changing content material, there are a lot of websites which have the very same content on a number of of their pages all of the time - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etc. APC is exceptionally useful for this kind of sites because it caches the previously compiled code and displays it any time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only lower the server load, but it will also increase the speed of any website a few times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Website Hosting
You can use APC with each shared website hosting package that we offer since it is already installed on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is quite flexible, you can run sites with various requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For example, you could activate APC only for one release of PHP or you could do this for several of the versions running on our platform. You may also select if all Internet sites working with a certain PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be enabled just for selected websites and not for all websites in the hosting account. The last option is useful when you want to employ a different web accelerator for several of your sites. These customizations are carried out with ease by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
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 use it irrespective of the package you choose. Activating the module is done from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes only a click, so you will not need any skills or earlier experience to be able to take advantage of it. As you'll be able to work with different releases of PHP at once, you will be able to modify the software environment for each and every Internet site you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what version of PHP this specific website will use and whether APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account as a whole, so you could run various scripts and take advantage of different web accelerators for websites that are in the same account.