PHP Memcache or Memcached?

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  • You need both. One is the service/daemon (memcached), one is the module that lets memcached talk to PHP (memcache).

    Thread Starter gogetter

    (@gogetter)

    Thanks Willie!

    Makes me wonder what the logic is of having them separated… Maybe to allow the option of having your own client talk to the service/daemon.

    I take it W3TC is using “memcache” for talking to “memcached”.

    Thread Starter gogetter

    (@gogetter)

    I just realized that, being confused myself, I was adding to the confusion… So here is the question formulated better, I hope.

    I understand that the service/daemon is installed on Linux with the “memcached” package.

    However, for the “memcache” part of the equation I understand that Ubuntu 14.04 offers 2 package options, “php5-memcache” and “php5-memcached”, the former being the older version, and the latter being the newer and more feature-rich option.

    Am I thinking in the right direction, and will W3TC work with both “php5-memcache” and “php5-memcached”, or one is preferred over the other?

    Thanks again!

    Neither is preferred from a W3 Total Cache perspective, and the next release (0.9.2.5) will add support for the more actively maintained version.

    Thread Starter gogetter

    (@gogetter)

    From what I have read on the web, this seems to be the newer one, “php5-memcached”.

    Thanks again.

    My pleasure.

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