What's APC alternative to?

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APC (as in http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php) stands for Alternative PHP Cache. What is it alternative to - is there another, built-in caching framework in PHP?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:53

There is no built-in OP-Code or variable cache built in. But there are a number of alternatives...

I believe it was an alternative to the proprietary (and commercial) Zend Cache which was around in the late '90s and early 2000's. There are a number of different accelerators out there now (each with their own advantages and disadvantages), but in the early 2000's, the main one was Zend Cache. So I would assume (the time scales look right) that APC was meant to be an alternative to Zend Cache (an open source and free alternative)...

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:51

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Memcached is also widespread.

Also see this List of PHP accelerators which speak of:

Alternative PHP Cache
eAccelerator
ionCube PHP Accelerator
Turck MMCache
XCache
Nusphere PhpExpress
Zend Accelerator
Zend Platform
Windows Cache Extension for PHP

answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:51

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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An alternative to not using one at all?

Seriously though, maybe as an alternative to eAccelerator and Xcache?

Also see: apc vs eaccelerator vs xcache

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:54

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 10 '16 at 10:32

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OPcache is the alternative and it's available since PHP 5.5

http://php.net/manual/en/book.opcache.php

answered Sep 10 '16 at 10:32

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What's APC alternative to?

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