WinCache Archives

Clear PHP opcode caches before WordPress Updates: ease the updating process

If stale or cached content is still an issue with OPcache then here is how to add a must-use plugin that will clear it before you upgrade. This little WordPress Must Use Plugin tries to flush opcode caches, making your live a bit easier when updating WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes.

By Jan Reilink 19/10/2016WordPress

WordPress

The WinCache effect: Save with object caching

WinCache, or Windows Cache Extension for PHP, is a PHP accelerator that is used to significantly increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows Server IIS. Besides increasing the speed of PHP applications, WinCache decreases CPU usage making it a win win situation extension.

By Jan Reilink 09/10/2016WordPress

WordPress

Optimized WordPress hosting (9+ practical tips)

WordPress optimized hosting is a subject on which a lot is written about. And therefore, this post is not about where to host your WordPress blog, or who offers the best WordPress hosting. This post is for you developers, what you can do to optimize your WordPress hosting. This post is not about setting up high-availability, fail-over, clustering, IIS versus Nginx versus Apache, RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, different types of storage, and so on. It’s about solving performance issues.

By Jan Reilink 31/08/2016WordPress

Windows Server

Custom PHP version on IIS Express and WebMatrix 3

PHP 7 with OPcache in IIS Express for Microsoft WebMatrix 3: learn how to create your own PHP development environment easily with Microsoft WebMatrix and IIS Express and your own custom PHP version. Note: this guide also applies to newer PHP versions, just change the version numbers. (outdated)

By Jan Reilink 19/08/2014Windows Server

Code base

Magento maintenance script for IIS

Optimize the speed and performance of your Magento ecommerce webshop by carrying out important maintenance. Now for Windows Server IIS too. Remove old MySQL database log files and Magento cache data on a regular basis.

By Jan Reilink 25/07/2014Code base

Web applications

8 Tips to improve Joomla performance

Speed-up Joomla with just a few config settings: 8 Tips to improve Joomla performance. Add caching, gzip compression, set your sessions & optimize MySQL database functions... Provide your visitors with a blazing fast Joomla website!

By Jan Reilink 29/06/2014Web applications

Code base

Cache MySQL query results with PHP WinCache

You can cache and store the MySQL query result in your web server RAM memory, utilizing PHP WinCache. Or another PHP opcode cache like Opcache for that matter. This'll increase database and PHP performance.

By Jan Reilink 14/02/2013Code base

Windows Server

PHP with WinCache on IIS

Learn how to install PHP on Windows Server IIS. With Windows Cache Extension for PHP (WinCache) and a custom php.ini path. WinCache enabled PHP gives you great performance for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla websites, and decreases CPU usage. A custom php.ini file path offers more flexibility.

By Jan Reilink 05/02/2013Windows Server

Code base

MySQL query caching using PHP/Zend_Cache

By using the Cache.php PHP class of the Zend Framework, you can relatively easy cache MySQL query results to disk. This ensures faster consecutive results and speeds up execution. In this context, caching means: execute a MySQL query once and save the result in a temporary file. For every time that same query is executed, you can simply use the result stored in your disk cache file, as long as the database hasn't changed. Often it is faster to save this on the web server than having it to redo the query every time.

By Jan Reilink 14/11/2011Code base

PowerShell