Alternative PHP Cache vs memcached
A side-by-side look at Alternative PHP Cache and memcached. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Alternative PHP Cache
Development
Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is a free and open source opcode cache for PHP. It aims to improve PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in shared memory, removing the need for PHP to load and parse scripts on each request.
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memcached
Network & Admin
Memcached is an open source, high-performance distributed memory object caching system. It is used to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load for reading/writing frequently accessed data.
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