I have a PHP script that runs very simple queries on a MySQL database (up to a maximum of 25 times per page). Is it going to be worth caching the results (e.g. using APC), or is the performance difference likely to be negligible?
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I have a PHP script that runs very simple queries on a MySQL database (up to a maximum of 25 times per page). Is it going to be worth caching the results (e.g. using APC), or is the performance difference likely to be negligible?
Caching is just about always worth it. Pulling it from APC’s in memory user cache vs. establishing a db connection and running queries is a massive difference–especially if you’re doing 25 queries on a page!
The benefits will compound: