Installing a PHP Cache in Apache

Log from install APC in a SLES10 SP2

To be able to install APC, Alternative PHP Cache, ( a PECL package) in SLES10 SP2 for zSeries, s390x:

yast install:

- php5-pear
- php5-devel
- php5-fastcgi(not sure about this probably not needed)

Then download the APC package from http://pecl.php.net/package/APC

and install with: (using apxs does not work)

root@zlin0036# pear install APC-3.0.19.tgz
47 source files, building
running: phpize
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20041225
Zend Module Api No:      20060613
Zend Extension Api No:   220060519
1. Use apxs to set compile flags (if using APC with Apache)? : yes

1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 1
Use apxs to set compile flags (if using APC with Apache)? [yes] : no
1. Use apxs to set compile flags (if using APC with Apache)? : no

1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue: 1
Use apxs to set compile flags (if using APC with Apache)? [no] :
1. Use apxs to set compile flags (if using APC with Apache)? : no

1-1, 'all', 'abort', or Enter to continue:
building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/APC-3.0.19
running: /tmp/pear/cache/APC-3.0.19/configure --with-apxs=no
...
...
...
Libraries have been installed in:
  /var/tmp/pear-build-root/APC-3.0.19/modules

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
  - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
    during execution
  - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
    during linking
  - use the `-Wl,--rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
  - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Build complete.
Don't forget to run 'make test'.

running: make INSTALL_ROOT="/var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19"  install 
Installing shared  extensions:     /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr/lib64/php5/extensions/
running: find "/var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19" -ls
209217    0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            8 Sep 24  10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19
172032    0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            8 Sep 24  10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr
172033    0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            8 Sep 24  10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr/lib64 
172034    0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root            8 Sep 24  10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr/lib64/php5
172035    0 drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root           16 Sep 24 10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr/lib64/php5/extensions
172036  492 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       496182 Sep 24 10:15 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-APC-3.0.19/usr/lib64/php5/extensions/apc.so

Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib64/php5/extensions/apc.so'
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/APC-3.0.19
configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location
You should add "extension=apc.so" to php.ini
root@zlin0036#  

added to php.ini:

extension=apc.so
apc.enabled = 1
apc.cache_by_default = "Off"
apc.filters = "+\.php$"

and /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

I also added acp.php in the webroot, it display details about how it works.

It all works fine now.

Text added by Tore Agblad Volvo IT, Sweden.