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Photon Engine vs XCache

A side-by-side look at Photon Engine and XCache. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Photon Engine

Photon Engine

Gaming Software

Photon Engine is a proprietary multiplayer game development platform that provides a real-time multiplayer game backend and networking engine. It handles hosting, networking, matchmaking, lag compensation and has out-of-the-box support for different platforms.

multiplayernetworkingrealtimegame-backendmatchmakinglag-compensationcrossplatform
XCache

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.

cachingperformanceopcodephp

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