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Finish #4370: add a note about apc for php recent versions #5029

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions book/performance.rst
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Expand Up @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Use a Byte Code Cache (e.g. APC)
One of the best (and easiest) things that you should do to improve your performance
is to use a "byte code cache". The idea of a byte code cache is to remove
the need to constantly recompile the PHP source code. There are a number of
`byte code caches`_ available, some of which are open source. The most widely
used byte code cache is probably `APC`_
`byte code caches`_ available, some of which are open source. As of PHP 5.5,
PHP comes with `OPcache`_ built-in. For older versions, the most widely used
byte code cache is probably `APC`_

Using a byte code cache really has no downside, and Symfony has been architected
to perform really well in this type of environment.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ feature is disabled in the byte code cache (e.g. ``apc.stat=0`` in APC), there
is no longer a reason to use a bootstrap file.

.. _`byte code caches`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_accelerators
.. _`OPcache`: http://php.net/manual/en/book.opcache.php
.. _`APC`: http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php
.. _`autoload.php`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard/blob/master/app/autoload.php
.. _`bootstrap file`: https://github.com/sensio/SensioDistributionBundle/blob/master/Composer/ScriptHandler.php