Re: Opcache::get($key), set($key, $value) to shared memory, is planned in PHP 7.1?

2016-04-25 20:56 GMT+03:00 Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>: > S.A.N wrote on 25/04/2016 18:49: >>> >>> There's not really a huge connection between opcode caching and >>> optimization >>> >(OpCache) and shared memory data caches (APCu, memcached, etc), so I >>> > don't >>> >think there's any particular logic to calling such functions >>> >"opcache". >>> > >>> >So I guess the question becomes: "should APCu be made part of core?" >>> >I'm >>> > not >>> >aware of anyone having proposed that, so don't know if there are strong >>> >feelings for or against such a thing. >> >> Yes, there are a lot of libraries to work with shared memory, but why >> should they if there OPcache in core PHP? >> Functions get, set key values will be useful and in demand. > > > Because different situations call for different functionality. If the only > reason not to use APCu was the need to install a PECL extension, then nobody > would have implemented a PECL extension for Memcache, or Redis, etc. > > Storing data in PHP's shared memory has several downsides - for instance, > inability to share with CLI / services built in other languages, > non-persistent across server restarts, not shareable across instances, etc. > For you, these may not be an issue, but to say that "if APCu functionality > was in core, nobody would need any other memory cache" is somewhat naive. I am not against third-party libraries, I want to have this functionality out of the box, it seems to me correct to make these functions in OPCache, instead of adding Apcu to PHP core, IMHO...