How to Install Alternative PHP Cache (APC) on your Server?

Step a: Login to your server as root.

Step b: Download the APC

wget https://pecl.php.net/package/APC

eg : wget https://pecl.php.net/get/APC-3.0.15.tgz

Step c: Extract it over to your server

tar -xzf APC-3.0.15.tgz

cd APC*

Step d: Check the PHP location by running the below command:

which php

Step e: Create the configuration files using the below command

Phpize

Stepf: Now the APC need to be compiled over the server :

./configure –enable-apc –enable-apc-mmap –with-apxs –with-php-config=/usr/local/bin/php-config

make

make install

Note : You must install the APC in the php.ini file

Step g: Below command would help you to find the php.ini over the server :

php -i | grep php.ini

Step h : Amend php.ini by adding APC extension, as stated below :

vi /usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini

Step I : Add the following to the php.ini file

apc.shm_segments=1
apc.optimization=0
apc.shm_size=128
apc.ttl=7200
apc.user_ttl=7200
apc.num_files_hint=1024
apc.mmap_file_mask=/tmp/apc.XXXXXX
apc.enable_cli=1

Step J : Restart apache

service httpd restart

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