php-apc for windows xampp

Question

I need to install php-apc library on windows just to be able to keep developing my app on windows as well.

I went to http://downloads.php.net/pierre/ and downloaded php_apc-3.1.10-5.3-vc9-x86.zip . The problem is know that inside the zip file, there are 2 folders that contain the php apc library, nts and ts folders!

From which should I copy the library to my c:\xampp\php\ext folder? What is the difference?

Latterly

The URL is no more. For windows use dev.freshsite.pl/php-accelerators/apc/sorting/1.html. – Kweiyang

This link may be more permanent: windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/apc – Boscage

Answer 1

Run phpinfo() and check Zend Extension Build. In my case it's API220090626,NTS,VC9, so it's nts. The difference between ts and nts is explained here

Molybdous

Answer 2

Look in phpinfo() for Thread Safety key :

IF Thread Safety==enabled -> copy from TS folder

IF Thread Safety==disabled -> copy from NTS folder

Hope this helps !

Inquisitionist

Answer 3

It's just about Thread safe and Non thread safe.

Check your installation with phpinfo() in the section Thread Safety. If it says enabled go for TS folder, else NTS.

Consecrate

Answer 4

I needed to know similar questions about ts (thread Safe) or nts (Not Thread Safe) which VC and whether x86 or x64.

The best place for this information is in your XAMPP folder. Open the file XAMPP/readme_en.txt

At the top of this file you will find the versions, and specifications, of each component of XAMPP.

Important! PHP in this package needs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008     Redistributable package from
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582. Please     ensure that the VC++ 2008 runtime
libraries are installed on your system.    

+ Apache 2.4.4
+ MySQL 5.5.32 (Community Server)
+ PHP 5.6.3 (VC11 X86 32bit thread safe) + PEAR `     + PHP 5.4.25 (VC9 X86 32bit [b]thread safe[/b]) + PEAR
...

The important line is:

+ PHP 5.6.3 (VC11 X86 32bit thread safe) + PEAR      

This line is telling me the following:

PHP version = 5.6.3
vc# code = VC11 = vc11
os bit sise = X86 32bit = x86
threading model = thread safe = ts

I was actually looking for memcache and found it here:

http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/memcache/3.0.8/

With the above info I selected:

php_memcache-3.0.8-5.6-ts-vc11-x86.zip

This breaks down as:

version of Memcahe: php_memcache-3.0.8-
version of php: 5.6-
thread safe: ts-
MS VC Version: vc11-
For 32 bit x86: x86.zip

Boscage