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Storing shared variable on the server - El Forum - 02-05-2009
[eluser]bikuta[/eluser]
Hey there,
What would be the best method to store a whole bunch of shared variables on the server?
the reason for this is that I need to have them in memory for quick access, because they will be getting accessed at least once every second.
At the moment my solution stores the variables in a temporary file, which is not so great because disk access can slow down when you've got hundreds of clients.
Any input would be appreciated.
Storing shared variable on the server - El Forum - 02-05-2009
[eluser]cwt137[/eluser]
Two things come to mind.
APC - http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php
Memcached - http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.memcached.php
APC is nice because you can even compile your PHP code. It also provides you a way to check the progress of file uploads (which uses the shared variable thing).
Memecached is more work because you have to setup a Memcached server. But, then you can share data between servers too.