Plesk 12.5, Php 5.6, APCU and Opcode

[VinnyT]

Anyone have any luck installing APCU on PHP 5.6 / Plesk 12.5 (latest)?

using "pecl install apcu", i get the following error:
pecl/apcu requires PHP (version >= 7.0.0-dev), installed version is 5.4.45

Any thoughts on this? Is there a way to change the default system php handler? Or should i be using Opcode as an alternative?

 

[VinnyT]

I found the instructions here: http://talk.plesk.com/threads/enable-apcu.333346/page-2#post-789681

and ran through the process but the PECL build failed. Error details below.


I also thought that using the plesk URL for the dev tools might work, (http://autoinstall.plesk.com/PHP_5.6.10/) -
but I am using PHP 5.6.15, and the autoinstall folders only go to 5.6.13.

Do i need to downgrade my PHP to 5.6.10?


/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:44: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:53: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:67: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:82: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:101: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:139: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:140: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:141: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:142: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:216: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:223: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:230: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:236: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:245: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:250: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:272: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:290: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_string’
/tmp/apcu/apc_cache_api.h:390: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘zend_long’
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:41:31: error: zend_smart_str.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/apcu/apc.c: In function ‘apc_flip_hash’:
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:336: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘zend_hash_get_current_data_ex’ from incompatible pointer type
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/include/php/Zend/zend_hash.h:182: note: expected ‘void **’ but argument is of type ‘struct Bucket **’
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:336: error: too few arguments to function ‘zend_hash_get_current_data_ex’
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:338:61: error: macro "zend_hash_update" requires 6 arguments, but only 3 given
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:338: error: ‘zend_hash_update’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:338: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:338: error: for each function it appears in.)
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:340:68: error: macro "zend_hash_index_update" requires 5 arguments, but only 3 given
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:340: error: ‘zend_hash_index_update’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/apcu/apc.c:345: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_zval_ptr_dtor’ from incompatible pointer type
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/include/php/Zend/zend_variables.h:51: note: expected ‘struct zval **’ but argument is of type ‘struct zval *’
make: *** [apc.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `make' failed

 

[bulent]

Opcode is not an alternative for APCu.
Opcode keeps compiled php code in it's memory for later reuse.

APCu (APC User Cache) is available, in which all opcode caching abilities have been removed to support user caches in shared memory using the familiar APC API

So APCu is somthing like Memcached or Redis

 

[VinnyT]

Sorry, i was going to ask a separate opcode question -- but my main issue is getting apcu installed.

 

[VinnyT]

Ok, solved it!!

Thanks so much to @UFHH01 for the help!!!

I was trying to install the wrong APCU.

Here is some helpful info on getting everything going

These two mirror server might help, if you have difficulties with the Plesk - autoinstaller - mirror:

http://www2.frugalware.org/mirror/autoinstall.plesk.com/

ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/autoinstall.plesk.com
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... you might be intersted in using these URLs, if you desire the Plesk - dev - packages:

http://www2.frugalware.org/mirror/autoinstall.plesk.com/PHP_5.6.16/

or

ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/autoinstall.plesk.com/PHP_5.6.16/
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Afterwards, please note, that the best way to install additional modules is to use FULL commands, to avoid issues and misconfigurations. Please remember to CHECK your depending pecl - configuration, if you experience issues:

Recommended commands:

/opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/pear config-set php_ini /opt/plesk/php/X.X/etc/php.ini
/opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/pecl config-set php_ini /opt/plesk/php/X.X/etc/php.ini
/opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/pecl config-set php_bin /opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/

/opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/pecl install PECL_NAME_FOR_YOUR_MODULE


Check your PECL - configuration:

/opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/pecl config-show



If you experience any issues, please keep in mind to CHECK your errors/issues/problems, instead of just using commands from others. In your case, you want to install APCu for PHP 5.6, but the latest APCu - version is only compatible for PHP 7.0 and higher. Please see:https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu .
http://php.net/manual/de/install.pecl.pear.php

For PHP 5.6 and the PECL - APCu - version 4.0.10, you could use:

/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl install apcu-4.0.10

or

/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/apcu-4.0.10

Here is what worked for me:

/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl config-set php_ini /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.ini
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl config-set php_ini /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.ini
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl config-set php_bin /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/
/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pear config-set php_suffix ""

/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/pecl install apcu-4.0.10