Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers that is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and will speed up such a site up to three times. PHP websites are dynamic and whenever a user opens some page, the script links to a database to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled prior to it being displayed to the visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with sites which display identical content all the time, such actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled code and delivers it whenever visitors browse a website, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code does not need to be parsed and compiled over and over again, that consequently reduces the website loading time. The module can be rather effective for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting

APC is available with each and every shared web hosting solution that we offer and you can enable it with only a click from your Hepsia Control Panel if you wish to use it for your applications. A few minutes later the framework will be active and you will notice the faster loading speed of your database-driven websites. As we provide different versions of PHP that could also be selected through Hepsia, you will even be able to employ APC for scripts that require different versions of PHP within the same account. Our next generation cloud hosting platform is very adaptable, so in case you use some other web accelerator for any Internet site and it disturbs APC, you could activate or deactivate the latter for a selected site only by using a php.ini file created in the domain or subdomain folder.