APC (PHP Opcode Cache)
Find what the abbreviation ‘APC’ means, exactly what APC is capable of doing PHP overall performance-wise and the ways to activate it for your account.
APC, which stands for Alternative PHP Cache, is a framework used for caching the compiled source code of a script app, which could speed up a database-driven site several times. Every time a PHP webpage is accessed, the script pulls the site content which has to be loaded from a database, parses and compiles the code, and then the result is shown to the site visitor. While this is necessary for Internet sites with regularly changing content, it is a complete waste of processing time and system resources for a site that doesn't change, for example an informational portal which displays identical content on a regular basis. Once the webpages for such an Internet site are compiled, APC caches them and delivers them any time a user accesses them. As this saves the time to obtain content from the database and to parse and compile the code, the Internet site will load much quicker. APC is really efficient especially for scripts with large source code.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You’ll be able to use APC for every script application which runs on your new semi-dedicated hosting as the module is pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the account takes a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module only for certain Internet sites. This is possible as a result of the versatility of our cloud platform - multiple releases of PHP run on it concurrently, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you will be able to pick what release will be used for this specific Internet site and whether APC has to be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file allows you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for the account, so you could take advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module makes a difference and not for others where you may use some other type of web accelerator.
