APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module that caches the output code of database-driven script apps. Dynamic PHP sites hold their content in a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a webpage. The content that has to be viewed is retrieved and the code is parsed and compiled before it is delivered to the website visitor. These actions take some processing time and involve reading and writing on the web server for each and every page which is loaded. While this can't be avoided for websites with regularly changing content, there are a lot of sites that feature the same content on a lot of of their webpages constantly - blogs, info portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etc. APC is quite useful for such Internet sites since it caches the previously compiled code and displays it any time visitors browse the cached webpages, so the code does not have to be parsed and compiled all over again. Not only will this decrease the server load, but it'll also boost the speed of any website several times.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting
You can employ APC for your web applications with all of the hosting plans that we provide since it's pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform. Enabling it will take just a click in the Hepsia Control Panel which is provided with our shared plans and a couple of minutes later it'll start caching the program code of your software apps. Our platform is extremely flexible, so you will be able to use several configurations depending on the system requirements of your scripts. For instance, you'll be able to activate APC for a couple of releases of PHP for the entire account and choose the version that each website can use, or you can have the very same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for particular Internet sites. This is done by putting a php.ini file with a line of program code in the domain or subdomain folder where you need the custom setup.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
APC is set up on the amazing cloud web hosting platform where all semi-dedicated hosting accounts are made, so you'll be able to use it regardless of the plan you get. Enabling the module is performed through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you will not need any skills or prior experience in order to take full advantage of it. Since you will be able to work with several versions of PHP at the same time, you could modify the software environment for every single site you host in the account if needed. A php.ini file with a couple of lines in it placed in a domain folder will permit you to set what version of PHP this specific website will use and whether APC should 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 various web accelerators for websites that are in the same account.