APC (PHP Opcode Cache)
Find what the phrase ‘APC’ means, what APC is able to do PHP overall performance-wise and the ways to activate it for your account.
Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very useful for scripts with large source code and will boost such a website up to 3 times. PHP websites are dynamic and any time a user accesses a webpage, the script hooks up to a database to retrieve some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it's shown to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with sites which display the very same content at all times, these actions trigger unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database doesn't have to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled continuously, that in turn minimizes the website loading time. The module could be very effective for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, and so on.
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APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Cloud Hosting
APC is pre-installed on our leading-edge cloud platform, so you can use it for your web applications whatever the
cloud hosting solution that you select when you sign up. The module can be activated through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel which is used to control the shared accounts and just a couple of minutes later it will boost your sites because it will start caching their code. In case you wish to run websites with different system requirements or take advantage of specific web accelerators for any of them, you will be able to customize the software environment by placing a php.ini file in the desired domain folder. Thus, you can enable or disable APC not just for a certain site without affecting the other websites in the account, but also for a particular version of PHP because our platform is compatible with multiple versions simultaneously.
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APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can use APC with our
semi-dedicated server solutions and activating the framework is performed with a click in the Hepsia Control Panel, so even when you have no prior experience, you'll be able to use it in order to accelerate your Internet sites. As the cloud hosting platform where the semi-dedicated accounts are set up supports multiple PHP releases, you will have freedom with regards to the scripts and web accelerators you could use. It will take you only a click to enable APC for one or a couple of PHP versions and by using a php.ini file in the domain/subdomain folders where you need settings that are different from the ones for the account in general, you could set what PHP version will be used and whether APC has to be allowed or not. In this way, one site may use APC and PHP 5.3, for example, while another one could use a different accelerator and PHP 5.5.