Topic: Running two PHP-versions, both with OPcache

[Jan-E]

The fairly new OP cache extension is working so fast at my systems that I wanted to run both PHP 5.3 (for Drupal 6) and PHP 5.5 (for Drupal 7) with their own php_opcache.dll. Big disappointment: it seemed a no go because at least one of the PHP's suffered from internal server errors.

I opened an issue for this at github, aimed at the developers of OPcache (formerly ZendOptimizerPlus). Gradually I came to the conclusion that the reason for the 500-errors was that PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.5 were using the same memory area for their precompiled caches.

A bit by trial-and-error I managed to use a separate memory area for x86 and x64 versions. My Drupal 6 sites are now running X86 PHP 5.3 with php_opcache.dll and my Drupal 7 sites are using X64 PHP 5.5 with php_opcache64.dll, built from slightly altered sources. The only real difference is that php_opcache64 uses a different semaphore file than php_opcache. That was enough, seemingly.

At the moment I am uploading new x64 builds of PHP 5.5.0, 5.4.17 and 5.3.26 with both flavours of php_opcache. The download locations did not change:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0-nts-Win32-VC11-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0-Win32-VC11-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.4.17-nts-Win32-VC9-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.4.17-Win32-VC9-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.3.26-nts-Win32-VC9-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.3.26-Win32-VC9-x64.zip

I would love to hear feedback from anyone that has the guts to experiment with these mixed PHP-versions. For PHP 5.5 you do not have to use my full builds. If you have X64 PHP 5.5 running you might just add the php_opcache64.dll from my builds to the extension dir of PHP 5.5 and change the line in your php.ini to zend_extension=php_opcache64.dll. If this runs fine you are ready to add another X86 PHP-version with OPcache to your Apache config. For instance the official PHP 5.3 from http://windows.php.net/download/ and the (more or less) official opcache.dll's from http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/opcache/7.0.2/

The other way around is even simpler. If you have already running any X86 PHP with OPcache, you are ready to add any X64 PHP version with php_opcache64.dll.

Disclaimer: highly experimental. Do not do this on your production server. Even I did not do that yet.

Background info:
https://github.com/zendtech/ZendOptimizerPlus/issues/109

Please report back your experiences.

[Steffen]

Opcache is creating in his temp dir a file for example:

ZendOPcache.MemoryBase@SYSTEM with the contents: 000000E584FC0000

Who knows, maybe different temp file in the ini solves it.

Steffen

ps. See also my observation at www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?p=25112

[Jan-E]

And php_opcache64.dll is creating ZendOPcache64.MemoryBase@SYSTEM

Only on my system it was in C:\Windows. Perhaps specifying a temp dir for OPcache would have been enough..

Can you run multiple PHP's without any troubles, if you specify different temp dir's?

With respect to the other observations about flutuations: phpinfo() gives you some stats about the OPcache usage. Maybe the cache is purged at some times.

000000E584FC0000: this must have been an X64 PHP. Does the mmap_base (which it is) ever change?

And do you see the same fluctuations with a X86 PHP?

[Steffen]

X64 creates here ZendOPcache.MemoryBase@SYSTEM, using x64 NTS php from php.net. See nowhere a php_opcache64.dll in that download.

The address in ZendOPcache.MemoryBase@SYSTEM changes when restarting Apache.

Fluctuations:

Fluctations also in X86 and the cache is not purged/restarted. It worries me.


Steffen

[Jan-E]

The php_opcache64.dll in in my downloads. See topicstart.

Edit: both php_opcache.dll and php-opcache64.dll in my builds are the latest from github. They might be different from the PHP.net downloads.

Edit2: how did you specify a temp dir voor opcache? There is no mention of it in the readme:
https://github.com/zendtech/ZendOptimizerPlus/blob/f80a5538063f470d7c42b386a357d47794108a74/README

[Steffen]

Sorry I overlooked it in the start post.

I meant in mod_fcgid:

FcgidInitialEnv TEMP "C:/WINDOWS/Temp"
FcgidInitialEnv TMP "C:/WINDOWS/Temp"

Change the other PHP to an other folder.


Still the same fluctuations with your VC11 build. The script page generation time is just a copy of the forum here with the google stuff removed.


Steffen

[Jan-E]