What php accelerator works with Dolphin

Which one works with the latest version of Dolphin? I read that eAccelerator no longer works.

Usually php accelerators are more that just accelerators, they offer some API as well, one of the purposes of this API are functions for shared memory, which can be used for caching.

So eAccelerator works as accelerator but without API for caching, while others (APC, XCache) provide both.

If you prefer eAccelerator and want caching as well then you can use Memcache server for caching. Memcache can be installed on the separate server (preferably in the same network). Also you can use eAcclelerator now and add Memcache support anytime in the future.

Guess I'll have to read up on how to install it. Best way to learn I guess.

I have all of the suggested caches installed on a demo server, enabling them always causes problems later.

I know you should turn them all off while your working or editing things on site but even after that, things get wacky after a few days.

Hello Ron.

Boonex have posted a great article in their wiki, which we believe will help you better understand the cache engines and make it easier for you to chose which one you should use for your website. The article in question could be found here:

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/TutorialUnderstandingCacheEngines

 As you will probably see: 

"The recent version of eAccelerator (0.9.6.1) doesn’t support shared memory functions, so it is better to use another cache engine system when eAccelerator is enabled (for example Memcached). It means that eAccelerator is never available as cache engine if you have 0.9.6.1 version, maybe in future versions it will be available back."

We truly believe this has helped at least a little deciding how you should optimize the website. 

Note that all of the above cache engines are installed for free on our VPS and dedicated server hosting plans. Furthermore our technical support team will gladly help you optimize the website the server environment according to your script's requirements.

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