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    Memcached is a server that stores some data in RAM with a specified lifetime. The data is accessed by a key (name). You can think of Memcached as a hash table stored on the server. It's mostly used to cache web page code, database query results, etc.

    Go to "Web Server Settings → PHP "

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    Highlight the correct version of PHP and click Advanced

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    In the list that opens, select memcache or memcached, highlight it, and click Install

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    CentOS

    Installation:

    yum install memcached.x86_64 php-pecl-memcache.x86_64  
    

    Edit the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/memcached:

    * PORT="11211"
    * USER="memcached"
    * MAXCONN="2048"
    * CACHESIZE="4096"
    * OPTIONS="-l 127.0.0.1" - listens to localhost
    

    Add it to the autostart and run it:

    chkconfig memcached on  
    /etc/init.d/memcached start
    

    Restart Apache:

    /etc/init.d/httpd restart
    

    Check that the daemon is loaded:

    php -m | grep memcache  
    memcache  
    

    Debian

    Find the memcached package from the repository:

    aptitude search memcache  
    

    Installing:

    apt-get install memcached php5-memcache  
    

    Check that memcached works:

    memcached -u www-data -vv  
    

    If there is a similar output:

    slab class 1: chunk size 80 perslab 13107  
    slab class 2: chunk size 104 perslab 10082  
    slab class 3: chunk size 136 perslab 7710  
    slab class 4: chunk size 176 perslab 5957  
    slab class 5: chunk size 224 perslab 4681  
    ... skip ...
    <28 server listening (udp)
    <27 server listening (udp)
    <28 server listening (udp)
    

    If not:

    ldconfig -v  
    killall memcached  
    /etc/init.d/memcached start
    

    Perform an Apache reboot:

    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
    

    Check that the module is loaded:

    php -m | grep memcache  
    memcache  
    

    Ubuntu

    Update the list of packages:

    apt-get update  
    

    Install the extension and the daemon:

    apt-get install memcached php5-memcache  
    

    Restart Memcached and Apache services:

    /etc/init.d/memcached restart
    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
    

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