Re: Noob stuff - Zend/Opcode/Cache/Optimizer

Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Daniel Kolbo wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm missing some unifying piece of the zend/php puzzle... >> >> I understand the basics of zend engine opcode, caching the opcode, >> optimizing the opcode, and caching the optimized opcode, etc... The >> part I'm struggling with is somewhere in the zend world. >> >> Under a typical php install where does the zend engine live (like what >> file)? > > I don't think it is separate from PHP itself. The Zend engine was a > rewrite of the PHP execution engine with resource/mem management and the > API for loadable extensions, etc... Later adding the PHP 5 OOP stuff. > >> I am under the impression that I need to install the Zend Server >> Community Edition (ZSCE) to get the zend optimizer+. I thought PHP came >> with the zend engine...why do i now have to download this ZSCE just to >> add a component to the engine i already have? >> >> 1) Is there a way to turn on zend optimizer+ component (like in php.ini >> zend extension) without having to install ZSCE? > > It is an extension available on the Zend download page. > >> 1.2) If i have to install the ZSCE stack, wouldn't this effectively be >> adding another engine on my machine? > > Yes, it is a install of PHP with alot of other stuff bundled in. So it > depends upon what you need and if you want to install/configure PHP > yourself with all of these additions, or if you just want to install the > Zend server. > > Hello Mr. McKenzie, Thanks for the response. I do not see zend optimizer+ on: http://www.zend.com/en/downloads/ There is a zend optimizer download link, but this is different than zend optimizer+. My understanding is the former facilitates with the use of zend gaurd while the latter optimizes the opcode. I want the latter component. Where does one obtain the zend optimizer+ component? (I spent the better part of my saturday trying to find it). I ended up installing the zend server community edition to see how it configured its own apache and php installs in the httpd.conf and php.ini as a way to shed some light on to my understanding. The zend server is using different libraries then the standard php install. I could try to mimic the behaviour of the zend server configuration with my original php configuration; however, I'm a bit concerned about only grabbing partial components...maybe i don't need to be so worried. Maybe this plan isn't even possible. I guess i was expecting to google, 'install zend optimizer+ component' and find gooooogles of howtos. Because i don't see this, it makes me wonder if i'm trying to do something i oughta not... My question boils down to: How do I extend my current php install to add a component (zend optimizer+) to my current php install? Thanks, dK `