Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is used to cache the output code of script apps. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and can boost such a website as much as three times. PHP sites are dynamic and whenever a visitor opens some page, the script links to a database to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the guest. If the output code doesn't change however, that's the case with Internet sites that display identical content all of the time, such actions trigger excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it any time visitors browse a site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled again and again, that in turn lowers the site loading time. The module can be rather effective for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and many others.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Hosting
You can use APC for your web apps with any of the shared hosting packages that we offer as it's pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform. Enabling it will take only a single 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 applications. Our platform is very flexible, so you will be able to use different configurations determined by the system requirements of your scripts. For example, you can activate APC for several versions of PHP for the entire account and specify the version that each website will use, or you could have the exact same version of PHP, but enable or disable APC only for particular sites. This is done by placing a php.ini file with a line of code inside the domain or subdomain folder where you require the custom configuration.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
APC is set up on the state-of-the-art cloud Internet hosting platform where all semi-dedicated server accounts are created, so you could use it regardless of the plan you pick. Activating the module is done through the Hepsia Control Panel and takes just a mouse click, so you won't need any skills or previous experience to be able to take advantage of it. As you'll be able to use different versions of PHP at the same time, you'll be able to modify the software environment for every single site that you host in the account if necessary. A php.ini file with several lines in it placed in a domain folder will enable 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 in general, so you could run various scripts and take advantage of different web accelerators for websites that are in the same account.