APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP Internet sites keep their content in a database that is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content that should be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the site visitor. These actions need some processing time and involve reading and writing on the hosting server for each and every page that is loaded. While this can't be avoided for websites with constantly changing content material, there are a lot of Internet sites that feature the same content on a number of of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etcetera. APC is extremely useful for such Internet sites as it caches the previously compiled code and shows it whenever visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. This will not only minimize the server load, but it will also boost the speed of any website a few times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to employ APC for your web applications with all of the cloud web hosting plans that we offer because it's pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Enabling it will take just a click inside the Hepsia Control Panel which comes with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it will begin caching the program code of your software apps. Our platform is very flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations depending on the system requirements of the scripts. For instance, you could activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the whole account and choose the version that each Internet site can use, or you can have the same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for specified sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you require the customized configuration.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is installed on the innovative cloud hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are made, so you could employ it whatever the package you pick. Activating the module is performed from the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a click, so you will not need any skills or earlier experience to be able to take full advantage of it. As you'll be able to work with different releases of PHP at once, you will be able to customize the software environment for each and every Internet site which you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with a few lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what version of PHP this Internet site will use and whether APC needs to be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over the ones for the account as a whole, so you can run different scripts and use different web accelerators for sites which are in the same account.