List of PHP Accelerators (Part1)
A PHP accelerator is an extension created to improve the performance of software applications written using the PHP programming language. Here is a list of PHP accelerators:
1. Alternative PHP Cache – a free and open framework used for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code. The latest stable version is 3.0.18. It works with all PHP versions including PHP5.2.
2. eAccelerator – Originally part of the Turck MMCache project, eAccelerator used to have a PHP encoder and loader but was removed after December 2006. Its latest stable version is 0.9.5.3 and it supports PHP4 and all PHP5 releases including 5.2.
3. Xcache – is a powerful and stable PHP opcode cacher which can run on production servers under high load. It has been also tested on linux and supports ThreadSafe/Windows. Its latest stable version is 1.2.2 and supports PHP_5_1 PHP_5_2 HEAD (6.x)