APC Installation

[WHUK Alec]

Hello,

You can install APC php module on a Linux VPS using following steps :

1) Download the latest/stable APC version archive from http://pecl.php.net/package/APC

cd /usr/local/src/

wget http://pecl.php.net/get/APC-3.1.3p1.tgz

2) Extract the archived file

tar -zxvf APC-3.1.3p1.tgz

3) Prepare a PHP extension for compiling

cd APC-3.1.3p1

/usr/local/bin/phpize

4) Install and enable APC module

./configure --enable-apc

make install

5) Edit php.ini file and mention the APC extension in it

php -i | grep php.ini

vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

Search for string "extension" and add the following line :

extension="apc.so"

6) Restart web server

service httpd stop
service httpd start

7) Verify the APC module by creating phpinfo file under any domain

vi phpinfo.php

Insert the following code in it

<? phpinfo() ?>

Browse url : http://yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php

You should get the output similar to following :


==========
apc
APC Support enabled
Version 3.1.3p1
MMAP Support Enabled
MMAP File Mask no value
Locking type pthread mutex Locks
Revision $Revision: 286798 $
Build Date Jun 3 2010 06:28:34
==========

Thank You!!
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Regards,
Alec
VPS Support Team

[Harry]

That's great Alec Thanks for sharing !

What is APC ?
"APC is a free, open, and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code."
It's an alternative PHP cache having same functionality of ioncube/memcache/eaccelerator