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Alternative PHP Cache vs Redis

A side-by-side look at Alternative PHP Cache and Redis. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Alternative PHP Cache

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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Redis

Redis

Development

Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker. It supports data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes and streams.

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