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eAccelerator is a PHP cacher. It is the continuation of a really popular project known as Turck MMCache. Like its predecessor, eaccelerator is both free to the public and open source. Unlike its predecessor, it has support for PHP 5.x.

eAccelerator's main function is to cache PHP scripts in a precompiled state. Normally when you write PHP scripts for your website the source code is not compiled. The compilation is done on access. On every access. eAccelerator takes your source code and stores it compiled in Shared Memory as well as on your hard drive. This completely eliminates the need to compile every time on every access. Naturally, this is a very good idea for Server Administrators to apply to their PHP enabled servers.

Before we begin, we need to check a couple of prerequisites. First, you CAN NOT use a PHP cacher if you have PHP compiled as a CGI binary. Second, check to see if you have a Zend Loader installed. If you don't know what that is then don't worry because you probably don't have one. Last but not least, if you have ionCube installed then you will need to unload it from your php.ini file and use runtime-loading.

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