APCu Compatibility

inspiredtaste
(@inspiredtaste)

9 years, 11 months ago

I am going to be updating my server to the latest 5.6 version soon. I will be using Zend OpCache for php caching but I wanted to know if APCu is fully supported for Object and Database caching? Does Total Cache recognize if APCu is installed? In the dropdown selection would it be APC?

I have heard of people hacking Total Cache to work with PHP 7 and APCu but I would only like to use APCu if it is 100% compatible. https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/w3tc-with-php-7-and-apcu-512?replies=15

It looks like APCu has started to update regularly and looks like a great option for Object and Database caching to help speed up WordPress. I would prefer to use APCu over other third party caching modules like Memcache or XCache because I loved APC with php 5.4. It performed great and was very stable.

APCu documentation page: https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu

The latest update for APCu was on June 6th of this year. They really seem to be on top of things.

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/w3-total-cache/

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nigro.simone
(@nigrosimone)

9 years, 11 months ago

try to install APCu Backwards Compatiblity Module (with APCu).

APCu-BC expose classic APC api but use new APCu features.

https://github.com/krakjoe/apcu-bc

Thread Starter inspiredtaste
(@inspiredtaste)

9 years, 11 months ago

I was under the impression that the APCu backwards compatibility module was for php 7.0 or newer only. It is also only in beta so there technically isn’t a stable release.

I need to know if APCu is compatible with php 5.6 working with Total Cache. Does Total Cache recognize APCu when installed?

Scott Hartley
(@destac)

9 years, 11 months ago

There is a post that someone got it working.

http://www.skooterblog.com/2016/02/23/w3-total-cache-com-php-7-e-apcu/

Thread Starter inspiredtaste
(@inspiredtaste)

9 years, 11 months ago

I have read that skooterblog post. That article talks about how to hack Total Cache to work with APCu when using PHP 7.

I need to know if I need to hack anything for Total Cache to recognize in the object caching and database caching dropdown that APCu is installed when running PHP 5.6.

Thread Starter inspiredtaste
(@inspiredtaste)

9 years, 11 months ago

The reason that I am still sticking with PHP 5.6 is that people are still having errors in their httpd logs when using Total Cache with PHP 7 even after following the fix in the skooterblog article.

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/php7-compatibility-3?replies=17

Total Cache needs to update their plugin to fully support PHP 7. I don’t think hacking it is a good idea so I am sticking to 5.6 but I need to know if APCu is recognized by Total Cache when using PHP 5.6.

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