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Installer warning irrelevant/obsolete for PHP ≥5.4: 'Could not find APC, XCache or WinCache'
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Author: walter

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Installer claims:

"Warning: Could not find APC, XCache or WinCache. Object caching is not enabled."

However, this is php 5.5 and the web suggests that APC-like functionality is apparently pre-integrated.

I would suggest making the installer not mention things that are not relevant ... like wincache on Unix, or any of this muck on php equal to or beyond 5.5.

Version: 1.22.0
Severity: normal

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installer: Say "APCu" for PHP >= 5.5mediawiki/coremaster+9 -1
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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 2:42 AM
• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-Installer, [DO NOT USE] NewPHP.
• bzimport set Reference to bz59998.
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• bzimport created this task.Jan 13 2014, 2:16 PM
Aklapper added a comment.Jan 13 2014, 3:02 PM

Which MediaWiki version is this about? 1.22.0?

• bzimport added a comment.Jan 13 2014, 3:08 PM

walter wrote:

Yes 1.22.0

• bzimport added a comment.Jan 13 2014, 3:09 PM

walter wrote:

BTW apparently it's php > 5.4 not php > 5.5 where APC is built in.

Dereckson added a comment.Jan 19 2014, 12:59 AM
  • Zend OPcache doesn't contain an object-level cache. MediaWiki can takes advantage of a cache allowing to store object representations (calling for APC the apc_store function).
  • Nor PHP 5.4, nor PHP 5.5 include APC. But PHP 5.4 introduced a new extension API. Recent versions for APC works at a stable quality on PHP 5.3, but not on PHP 5.4 or PHP 5.5. APC development hasn't been active since 2012.
  • In October 2013, an XCache version with PHP 5.5 support has been released.
Dereckson added a comment.EditedJan 19 2014, 1:03 AM

I confirm the bug, in the extent we should detect the PHP version and stop to recommend to install APC in 5.4+, as it could only lead system administrators to try to install a broken stable or unstable beta extension on newest PHP versions.

Paladox set Security to None.May 23 2015, 5:39 PM
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Dereckson added a comment.May 23 2015, 10:48 PM

There is an APCu PECL extension offering the APC User Cache code, but not the opcache one.

saper added a project: good first task.Oct 24 2015, 1:41 AM
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This is easy to implement, what exactly shall we say?

Aklapper added a comment.Dec 12 2015, 8:23 PM
In T61998#1749936, @saper wrote:

This is easy to implement, what exactly shall we say?

@Dereckson: Any ideas / proposals? :-/

Dereckson added a comment.Dec 12 2015, 8:55 PM

Yes, the apcu extension offers the same functions than APC, with apcu_ as prefix.

There are documented at http://php.net/apcu.

Dereckson added a comment.EditedDec 12 2015, 9:03 PM

I would start at includes/objectcache/ObjectCache.php, to add in getLocalServerInstance a check for apcu_fetch.

Then copy ./includes/libs/objectcache/APCBagOStuff.php to ./includes/libs/objectcache/APCUBagOStuff.php.

Nemo_bis added a parent task: T49162: Installer should not default to CACHE_NONE if CACHE_ACCEL is supported.Jan 7 2016, 8:41 PM
Legoktm subscribed.Jan 7 2016, 8:43 PM

If the installer detects it is on 5.5+, it should say "APCu" instead of "APC".

Legoktm claimed this task.Jan 7 2016, 9:11 PM
gerritbot subscribed.Jan 7 2016, 9:21 PM

Change 262925 had a related patch set uploaded (by Legoktm):
installer: Say "APCu" for PHP >= 5.5

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/262925

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 7 2016, 9:21 PM
Nemo_bis subscribed.Jan 7 2016, 9:23 PM

Where available, is opcache autodetected for CACHE_ACCEL/CACHE_ANYTHING purposes, or not?

Legoktm added a comment.Jan 7 2016, 9:32 PM
In T61998#1920957, @Nemo_bis wrote:

Where available, is opcache autodetected for CACHE_ACCEL/CACHE_ANYTHING purposes, or not?

No, opcode caching is totally separate from object caching and CACHE_* stuff.

gerritbot added a comment.Jan 7 2016, 11:26 PM

Change 262925 merged by jenkins-bot:
installer: Say "APCu" for PHP >= 5.5

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/262925

ReleaseTaggerBot added projects: MW-1.27-release-notes, MW-1.27-release (WMF-deploy-2016-01-12_(1.27.0-wmf.10)).Jan 8 2016, 12:00 AM
Legoktm closed this task as Resolved.Jan 26 2016, 2:28 AM
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Danny_B moved this task from Unsorted to PHP 5.4 on the [DO NOT USE] NewPHP board.Jul 11 2016, 1:54 AM
Danny_B removed a parent task: T51975: [DO NOT USE] MediaWiki PHP 5.5 compatibility (tracking) [superseded by #NewPHP].Jul 11 2016, 1:59 AM
Reedy mentioned this in T140587: web configuration does not properly detect apcu.Jul 17 2016, 11:43 PM
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