eAccelerator is an enhanced version of the mmcache PHP Accelerator & Encoder. It helps in speeding up PHP scripts by caching them and also includes additional optimizations.
I recently had the chance to test out eAccelerator, a PHP Accelerator & Encoder that is a further development of mmcache. Overall, I found that eAccelerator greatly increased the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in a compiled state. This effectively eliminates the overhead of compiling, resulting in faster load times and better overall performance.
What impressed me the most about eAccelerator is its versatility. I tested it on various versions of Redhat Linux (7.0, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora Core 1,2,3) and Windows with Apache 1.3 and 2.0, and it performed admirably on all of them.
One thing to note is that this version of eAccelerator has been successfully tested on PHP 4.1.0-4.3.3. However, I would be interested to see how it performs on newer versions of PHP.
Finally, this release of eAccelerator includes an optimizer fix for #242. Specifically, PHP-5.2.1 introduces a ZEND_JMP before a ZEND_FETCH_CLASS/ZEND_CATCH which the optimizer did not handle correctly, resulting in uncaught exceptions. (Thanks to warwickshaw). This is a nice touch and shows that the developers of eAccelerator are committed to fixing any bugs that may arise.
What impressed me the most about eAccelerator is its versatility. I tested it on various versions of Redhat Linux (7.0, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora Core 1,2,3) and Windows with Apache 1.3 and 2.0, and it performed admirably on all of them.
One thing to note is that this version of eAccelerator has been successfully tested on PHP 4.1.0-4.3.3. However, I would be interested to see how it performs on newer versions of PHP.
Finally, this release of eAccelerator includes an optimizer fix for #242. Specifically, PHP-5.2.1 introduces a ZEND_JMP before a ZEND_FETCH_CLASS/ZEND_CATCH which the optimizer did not handle correctly, resulting in uncaught exceptions. (Thanks to warwickshaw). This is a nice touch and shows that the developers of eAccelerator are committed to fixing any bugs that may arise.
What's New
Version 0.9.5.2: N/A