Zend Optimizer+ or APC?

PHP developers have added Zend Optimizer+ as the opcache of choice.  Of course one does not have to use it.  They cite tests showing that Optimizer+ is faster than APC; they also mention that Optimizer+ does not have a data cache.

The tests don't include Dolphin.  So the question would be if one should go with php 5.5.3 and the added Optimizer+ extension to handle php caching or is APC better suited for caching with Dolphin?  Does the added data cache help improve performance for Dolphin using APC over Optimizer+?  Has anyone conducted real world tests for Dolphin between the two?

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Quote · 18 Sep 2013

As far as i know, dolphin has not even been tested on php 5.5.x.

Most hosting providers run with php versions on the older branch.  PHP releases version updates on two branches. One is a older one that is better for compatibility which is the reason service providers do not normally run the latest versions,  and the latest which has a lot of planned depreciated functions removed.

PHP's latest older branch version is 4.4.19. To be honest, i don't even think dolphin will run properly on the 5.5 series releases. Maybe that should be tested first.



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Quote · 18 Sep 2013

This is from my host tools:

PHP: 5.4.0 - WARNING (your PHP version is probably outdated, upgrade to the latest 5.5.3 maybe required)

This is from Boonex's host tools:

PHP: 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 - WARNING (your PHP version is probably outdated, upgrade to the latest 5.3.18 maybe required)

I think Boonex should remove that warning from Host Tools.

 

I don't have an opcache installed on my server and just tried to install APC and got errors from the yum installer.

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Quote · 18 Sep 2013

I agree. The warning should be removed. There have been a number of topics in the past where people did upgrade and broke their site.

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Quote · 18 Sep 2013

i used to get that warning, and after I added APC, the warning went away and the php version changed.

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Quote · 19 Sep 2013

 

i used to get that warning, and after I added APC, the warning went away and the php version changed.

 Weird. So i guess dolphins php version checking is not really all that accurate.


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Quote · 19 Sep 2013

The PHP check was horrible in earlier versions - it'd check for the latest version of PHP - period.  Now it seems to check the latest version for compatible branches - like 5.3 and 5.4.

 

@ProfessorSr: How'd you install APC?  If by the distro, an update for PHP could have been slipped in with the other downloads.

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Quote · 19 Sep 2013

i started with php version 5.3 (checked with server provider previously cause I was concerned about the host tools error). I dont remember how I did the APC install, just that whatever I did, it worked the first shot. I simply googled installing it and followed the directions. Can't seem to find the instructions I used previously.

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Quote · 19 Sep 2013

Well if you were using yum or apt to install it, it may have updated your version of php.

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Quote · 19 Sep 2013

The only thing i know is to not use APC if your Apache is configured with mod_fcgid. The cache will not be shared between users from what i read.

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Quote · 19 Sep 2013
 
 
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