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[viGeek]

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First goto http://www.php-accelerator.co.uk/download.php and find the version that suits your platform. In this tutorial for reference, I will be using the Linux alpha version.

'create a directory
root@Server [~]# mkdir /usr/local/phpA

'Go into dir
root@Server [~]# cd /usr/local/phpA

'get the goods
root@Server [~]# wget http://www.php-accelerator.co.uk/rel...glibc2.1.3.tgz

'unpack
root@Server [~]# gzip -d php_accelerator-1.3.2_php-4.0.6_linux_alpha-glibc2.1.3.tgz

'remove
root@Server [~]# rm -f php_accelerator-1.3.2_php-4.0.6_linux_alpha-glibc2.1.3.tgz

'untar
root@Server [~]# tar -xvf php_accelerator-1.3.2_php-4.0.6_linux_alpha-glibc2.1.3.tar

'go into dir created
root@Server [~]# cd php_accelerator-1.3.2_php-4.0.6_linux_alpha-glibc2.1.3/

'move it one directory down
root@Server [~]# mv * ../

'move yourself one dir down
root@Server [~]# cd ..

'cd to root
root@Server [~]# cd

'change to home
root@Server [~]# cd /home

'make cache directory
root@Server [~]# mkdir phpacache

'set access
root@Server [~]# chmod 577 phpacache

'open up php.ini in vi/pico etc
root@Server [~]# vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

Now look for Dynamic Exension, after the Dynamic Exension arguments (the end of them), paste the following.

zend_extension="/usr/local/phpA/php_accelerator_[VERSION].so"
phpa.cache_dir = /home/phpacache
phpa.shm_ttl = 12h
phpa.shm_max_processes = 512
phpa.shm_stats_check_period = 5m
phpa.shm_size = 32
phpa.enable_php_memory_bug_workaround = 1

Save php.ini

'restart apache
root@Server [~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

[Sheps]

Just a note, with the latest version, there are also a few other directives you should set:

phpa.phpa=on
phpa.tweaks=on

But other then that, it worked for me.

[Andrew]

Another note: don't install this if you require the Zend Optimizer (needed for many popular closed source 3rd party scripts). The two will not work together.

[Sheps]

Good note...

[hostchamp]

Originally posted by Andrew
Another note: don't install this if you require the Zend Optimizer (needed for many popular closed source 3rd party scripts). The two will not work together.

Thanks, this is a good note!