Yes that should have been added. This type of caching is only for pages where the returned html does not change based on application state.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Cliff Black <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mod_cache caches final html output - essentially making it a static page > for X number of seconds. > This is not a good idea if you have ever changing data displayed/different > variable input. > As Michael said, it seems the Drupal boost does a similar thing, but at > application level (so it may be slower) > > A PHP Cache/Accelerator compiles and stores the PHP source for later > retrieval. > Having pre-compiled PHP eliminates the JIT compilation - therefore speeding > up page display. > Pre-compiled PHP still allows dynamic variables etc, so you can still view > dynamic pages, just after. > Such accelerators are: Zend Optimiser, eAccelerator, MemCache etc > > Each has their merits, but both perform different levels of caching. > It may pay to research what you are trying to achieve as to what type of > cache you require. > > The company I work for uses Drupal extensively with eAccelerator to speed > things up. (between 50%-70% on average). > I implemented some mod_cache settings on a few of our sites for testing, > but it wasn't suited to our environment - YMMV. > > ~ C > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael > Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 3:50 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: [phpug] Re: [Slightly-OT] Amnesty International harnesses the web > for human rights - MEDIA RELEASE > > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:43:56 Paul Bennett wrote: > > Hi Cam, > > > > It is: > > http://drupal.org/project/boost > > > > :) > > > > Paul > > This capability is built in to Apache with mod_cache enabled. > > There are two options - disk (default) and memory caching. > > For the most part disk caching works well and I am currently testing memory > caching. > > This is preferable imho for anyone deploying any system that doesn't have > the > option already built in to the CMS. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
