Installing APC for PHP 5.3
Posted: September 2, 2009 | By: TJ | In Technology | No comments yet
After attempting to install APC, an opcode cacher on my Lenny server, I found that the version included in the Lenny package isn’t compatible with PHP 5.3. APC has released a version that is compatible so you’ll need install the PHP extension from source. The pecl error with version 3.0.19 was:
/tmp/pear/temp/APC/php_apc.c:959: error: duplicate 'static' make: *** [php_apc.lo] Error 1 ERROR: 'make' failed
Luckily, installing from source is pretty easy:
$ cd /usr/local/src $ wget http://pecl.php.net/get/APC-3.1.3p1.tgz $ tar xzvf APC-3.1.3p1.tgz $ cd APC-3.1.3p1 $ phpize $ ./configure --enable-apc --enable-mmap $ make $ make install
After the extension successfully compiles, you’ll need to move the apc.so into your extension directory — this may differ depending on your system:
$ cp /usr/local/src/APC-3.1.3p1/modules/apc.so /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/
Copy the following into the php.ini:
extension = apc.so apc.enabled=1 apc.shm_size=30
Restart the web server and if applicable, the php daemon:
$ /etc/init.d/nginx restart && php-fpm restart
To verify that everything has been set up properly, load a phpinfo page in the document root. You should have the APC PHP module displayed:
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