Charles vs XCache
A side-by-side look at Charles and XCache. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Charles
Development
Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).
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XCache
Development
XCache is a free open source PHP opcode cache. It stores precompiled PHP bytecode in shared memory, improving PHP performance by removing the need to load and parse scripts on each request. It's easy to install and configure in PHP.
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