APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script software applications. Dynamic PHP Internet sites store their content in a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content which needs to be shown is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the website visitor. All of these actions take some processing time and require reading and writing on the web server for every single page which is loaded. While this cannot be avoided for websites with constantly changing content material, there are a lot of Internet sites that present the very same content on a lot of of their webpages constantly - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant Internet sites, etcetera. APC is very useful for this type of websites as it caches the already compiled code and shows it every time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled repeatedly. Not only will this reduce the server load, but it will also boost the speed of any Internet site many times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting
APC is available with every single cloud hosting package that we offer and you could enable it with just a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your applications. Several minutes later the framework will be active and you will experience the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. As we offer several versions of PHP that could also be selected from Hepsia, you'll even be able to to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the same account. Our advanced cloud web hosting platform is very adaptable, so in case you use another web accelerator for any Internet site and it interferes with APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a particular 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 installed on the innovative cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are created, so you could employ it whatever the plan you pick. Activating the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or earlier experience in order to take advantage of it. Since you will be able to use several versions of PHP simultaneously, you will be able to modify the software environment for every single site that you host in the account if required. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will allow you to set what version of PHP this specific site will use and if APC should be on or off for it. These settings will have priority over those for the account as a whole, so you can run different scripts and use different web accelerators for Internet sites that are in the same account.