Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is a free and public optimized code cache for PHP. It is used to provide a free, open and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.
The official website of APC is http://pecl.php.net/package/apc .
The download address of the expansion module under Windows is http://www.sitebuddy.com/php/accelerators/apc_windows_binaries_builds.
Under Windows, APC requires c:tmp directory, and the directory must be writable by the web server process.
1. Install
as PHP extension
2. Configure
apc.enabled boolean
apc.optimization optimization
option. APC can be changed in the script.
Detailed explanation of PHP.ini configuration options
[APC]
; Alternative PHP Cache is used to cache and optimize PHP intermediate code
apc.cache_by_default = On
;SYS
; Whether to enable buffering for all files by default.
; If set to Off and used with the apc.filters directive starting with a plus sign, files will only be cached if they match a filter.
apc.enable_cli = Off
;SYS
; Whether to enable the APC function for the CLI version, turn this command on only for testing and debugging purposes.
apc.enabled = On
; Whether to enable APC. If APC is statically compiled into PHP and you want to disable it, this is the only way.
apc.file_update_protection = 2
;SYS
; When you modify files on a running server, you should perform atomic operations.
; That is, first write to a temporary file, and then rename (mv) the file to the final name.
; Text editors and programs such as cp and tar do not operate in this way, resulting in the possibility of buffering incomplete files.
; The default value 2 means that when accessing a file, if the modification time is found to be less than 2 seconds from the access time, no buffering will be performed.
; The unlucky visitor may get corrupted content, but the bad effect is not amplified by caching.
; If you can ensure that all update operations are atomic, you can turn off this feature with 0.
; If your system updates slowly due to heavy IO operations, you may need to increase this value.
apc.filters =
;SYS
; A comma-separated list of POSIX extended regular expressions.
; If the source file name matches any of the patterns, the file is not cached.
; Note that the file name used to match is the file name passed to include/require, not the absolute path.
; If the first character of the regular expression is "+" it means any file matching the expression will be cached,
; If the first character is "-" then any matches will not be cached. "-" is the default value and can be omitted.
apc.ttl = 0
;SYS
; The number of seconds a cache entry is allowed to stay in the buffer. 0 means never times out. The recommended value is 7200~36000.
; Setting to 0 means that the buffer may become filled with old cache entries, preventing new entries from being cached.
apc.user_ttl = 0
;SYS
; Similar to apc.ttl, but for each user, the recommended value is 7200~36000.
; Setting to 0 means that the buffer may become filled with old cache entries, preventing new entries from being cached.
apc.gc_ttl = 3600
;SYS
; The number of seconds a cache entry can exist in the garbage collection table.
; This value provides a safety measure so that even if a server process crashes while executing a cached source file,
; and the source file has been modified, the memory allocated for the old version will not be reclaimed until this TTL value is reached.
; Set to zero to disable this feature.
apc.include_once_override = Off
;SYS
; Please keep it Off, otherwise it may cause unexpected results.
apc.max_file_size = 1M
;SYS
; Disable files larger than this size from being cached.
apc.mmap_file_mask =
; SYS
; If MMAP support was compiled for APC using --enable-mmap (enabled by default),
; the value here is the mktemp-style file mask passed to the mmap module (the recommended value is "/tmp/apc. XXXXXX").
; This mask is used to determine whether the memory mapped area should be file-backed or shared memory backed.
; For direct file-backed memory mapping, set it to "/tmp/apc.XXXXXX" (exactly 6 X's).
; To use POSIX-style shm_open/mmap, it needs to be set to "/apc.shm.XXXXXX".
; You can also set to "/dev/zero" to use the kernel's "/dev/zero" interface for anonymously mapped memory.
; Not defining this directive forces the use of anonymous mapping.
apc.num_files_hint = 1000
; SYS
; The approximate number of different source files that may be included or requested on the Web server (recommended value is 1024~4096).
; If you are not sure, set to 0; This setting is mainly used for sites with thousands of source files.
apc.optimization = 0
; Optimization level (recommended value is 0).
; A positive integer value enables the optimizer, with higher values using more aggressive optimizations.
; Higher values may have very limited speed improvements, but are currently experimental.
apc.report_autofilter = Off
;SYS
; Whether to record all scripts that are automatically not cached due to early/late binding reasons.
apc.shm_segments = 1
;SYS
; The number of shared memory blocks allocated for the compiler buffer (recommended value is 1).
; If APC runs out of shared memory and the apc.shm_size directive has been set to the maximum allowed by the system,
; you can try increasing this value.
apc.shm_size = 30
; SYS
; The size of each shared memory block (in MB, the recommended value is 128~256).
; Some systems (including most BSD variants) have a very small default shared memory block size.
apc.slam_defense = 0
;SYS (It is against the use of this instruction, it is recommended to use the apc.write_lock instruction)
; On a very busy server, whether starting a service or modifying a file,
; it may be caused by multiple processes trying to cache a file at the same time. Causes a race condition.
; This directive is used to set the percentage at which the process skips the caching step when processing uncached files.
; For example, setting it to 75 means that there is a 75% probability of not caching when an uncached file is encountered, thereby reducing the chance of collision.
; Encouraged to be set to 0 to disable this feature.
apc.stat = On
;SYS
; Whether to enable script update check.
; Be very careful when changing this directive value.
; The default value On indicates that APC checks whether the script has been updated each time it is requested.
; If it is updated, it automatically recompiles and caches the compiled content. However, doing so has a negative impact on performance.
; If set to Off, no checking is performed, thus greatly improving performance.
; But in order for the updated content to take effect, you must restart the web server.
; This directive is also valid for include/require files. But it should be noted that
; if you use a relative path, APC must check to locate the file every time include/require.
; Using absolute paths can skip the check, so you are encouraged to use absolute paths for include/require operations.
apc.user_entries_hint = 100
;SYS
; Similar to the num_files_hint directive, but for each different user.
; If you are not sure, set to 0.
apc.write_lock = On
;SYS
; Whether to enable write lock.
; On a very busy server, whether starting a service or modifying a file,
; a race condition may result from multiple processes trying to cache a file at the same time.
; Enable this directive to avoid race conditions.
apc.rfc1867 = Off
;SYS
; After turning on this directive, for each uploaded file that contains the APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS field just before the file field,
; APC will automatically create a user cache entry for upload_ (that is, the APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS field value).
3. Function
apc_cache_info - Retrieves cached information (and meta-data) from APC's data store
apc_clear_cache - Clears the APC cache
apc_define_constants - Defines a set of constants for later retrieval and mass-definition
apc_delete - Removes a stored variable from the cache
apc_fetch - Fetch a stored variable from the cache
apc_load_constants - Loads a set of constants from the cache
apc_sma_info - Retrieves APC's Shared Memory Allocation information
apc_store - Cache a variable in the data store
The usage of apc is relatively simple, with only a few functions, listed below.
apc_cache_info () returns cache information
apc_clear_cache() clears apc cache content.
By default (no parameters), only the system cache is cleared. To clear the user cache, use the 'user' parameter.
apc_define_constants (string key, array constants [, bool case_sensitive]) Add array constants to the cache as constants.
apc_load_constants (string Key).
Remove the constant cache.
apc_store ( string key, mixed var [, int ttl] ).
Save data in cache.
apc_fetch(string key).
Get the cache content apc_delete (string key) saved by apc_store
.
Delete the content saved by apc_store.
Apc management:
Go to pecl.php.net to download the apc source code package and there is apc.php, copy it to a place where your web server can access it, and browse to access it.
Management interface functions are:
1. Refresh Data
2. View Host Stats
3. System Cache Entries
4. User Cache Entries
5. Version Check