Then we have to pay attention to another area of acceleration in PHP (as the current mainstream development language) - caching tool software. This type of software speeds up by optimizing the PHP (as the current mainstream development language) operating environment without changing any code. We can roughly call them "execution code optimization/caching tools", and you can understand that they are used to implement lower-level optimization/caching.
The following is a list of such tools that are currently commonly used. Which one has the best effect? Please test it with your own server environment:
(1) APC Alternative php (as the current mainstream Development language) Cache
http://pecl.php(as the current mainstream development language).net/package-info.php(as the current Mainstream development languages) ?package=APC
APC runs on Linux and FreeBSD, you need to compile and install it yourself. According to its developers, script speed can be increased by 50%-400% in their test environment. Moreover, APC is an open source project and has added the PECL library of php(as the current mainstream development language), which is worth a try.
(2) Turck MMCache
http://turck-mmcache.sourceforge.net/
Turck MMCache seems to be the most popular one of this type of software at present , it's open source and completely free. It precompiles and caches the php(as the current mainstream development language) code, and also optimizes the php(as the current mainstream development language) running environment. According to its official documentation, MMCache can significantly reduce the load on the server and increase script execution speed by 1-10 times.
MMCache is compatible with Zend Optimizer, another well-known acceleration software, but please note that MMCache must be installed first (set in php(as the current mainstream development language).ini). In addition to speeding up the php(as the current mainstream development language) program, MMCache can also encrypt the php(as the current mainstream development language) code.
Turck MMCache supports both Linux and Win32 platforms.
(3) php(as the current mainstream development language)A the php(as the current mainstream development language) Accelerator
http://www.php(as the current mainstream development language)-accelerator
php(as the current mainstream development language)A is another A popular php(as the current mainstream development language) acceleration software. On its official website, there are script execution tests using php(as the current mainstream development language)A, APC, and Zend Cache's php(as the current mainstream development language) In comparison, its performance is slightly better than APC and slightly worse than Zend Cache.
PHP (as the current mainstream development language) A supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi and Solaris systems.
(4) Zend Performance Suite
http://www.zend.com/
Zend Performance Suite is the old php(as the current mainstream development language)acceleration/optimization software, relying on php(As the current mainstream development language)The most well-known Zend company in the field. Version 4.0 has been launched, which can provide program acceleration, content caching, file compression, download services, etc. for php(as the current mainstream development language) applications. It is very powerful and has won several php(As the current mainstream development language)Magazine’s recommendation award—but I have to mention that it is also very expensive, with the current price of $1,875.
Regarding the above acceleration software, I hope readers can test it themselves according to the server environment and choose the most suitable one, because I cannot provide a universally applicable test standard to judge which solution is the most effective. Taken together, I personally think Turck MMCache is a recommendable choice, it is free and has excellent functions.
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