APC MM cache is an most commonly used php accelerators
Please follow the steps to install APC mem Cache
1. cd /usr/local/src
2. wget http://pecl.php.net/get/APC-3.0.14.tgz
3. tar -xzvf APC-3.0.14.tgz
4. cd APC-3.0.14
checking the location of phpize and php-config paths
finding the Phpize binary location
whereis phpize
output looks like:
phpize: /usr/bin/phpize /usr/local/bin/phpize
whereis php-config
output looks like:
php-config: /usr/bin/php-config /usr/local/bin/php-config
5. execute the command to create the module
/usr/bin/phpize ( or the path you got )
6. compile the APC by running following command
./configure –enable-apc –enable-apc-mmap –with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs –with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config
make
make test
make install
Take note of where it copies apc.so file i.e.
/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/apc.so
10. Now locate php.ini type:
php -i | grep php.ini
11. Edit php.ini
Add these entries in the dynamic module section ( please note the extention path can be varied )
extension=”/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/apc.so”
apc.shm_size = 32
restart webserver . Check the php info page you can see the apc module listed .
