Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers that is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very effective for scripts with large source code and can boost such a site as much as 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and any time a visitor opens a webpage, the script links to a database in order to retrieve some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it is shown to the website visitor. In case the output code doesn't change however, that's the case with sites which display the exact same content all of the time, such actions result in unneeded reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it whenever visitors browse an Internet site, so the database does not need to be accessed and the code doesn't have to be parsed and compiled continuously, that consequently decreases the website loading time. The module can be rather helpful for informational sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Shared Web Hosting
APC is pre-installed on our next generation cloud platform, so you'll be able to use it for your web applications whatever the shared web hosting package that you pick when you register. The module can be activated from the Hepsia internet hosting Control Panel which is used to manage the shared accounts and just a few minutes later it'll speed up your websites because it will start caching their code. In case you need to run Internet sites with different system requirements or use specific web accelerators for some of them, you can customize the software environment by placing a php.ini file inside the preferred domain folder. Thus, you can enable or disable APC not just for a certain site without affecting the other sites in the account, but also for a particular version of PHP since our platform supports multiple versions at the same time.