APC, or Alternative PHP Cache, is a PHP module which caches the output code of database-driven script applications. Dynamic PHP sites store their content within a database which is accessed whenever a visitor loads a page. The content that should be displayed is gathered and the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being delivered to the website visitor. All these actions need some processing time and include reading and writing on the server for every single page that is accessed. While this cannot be avoided for sites with constantly changing content, there are various sites which have the very same content on a number of of their pages at all times - blogs, informational portals, hotel and restaurant websites, etcetera. APC is very useful for this type of websites as it caches the previously compiled code and displays it every time visitors browse the cached pages, so the code does not need to be parsed and compiled all over again. This will not only reduce the server load, but it'll also raise the speed of any Internet site many times.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Website Hosting

APC is available with every single website hosting package that we offer and you could enable it with only a click through your Hepsia Control Panel if you'd like to use it for your web applications. A couple of minutes later the framework will be working and you will notice the considerably faster loading speed of your database-driven sites. Since we provide several releases of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to use APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the very same account. Our next generation cloud hosting platform is extremely adaptable, so if you use an alternative web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you'll be able to activate or deactivate the latter for a selected site only by using a php.ini file generated in the domain or subdomain folder.