# APC + php-cgi shared between child **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [June 18, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363 "2010-06-18T15:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363/1 "2010-06-18T15:04:14Z")
Hi, I’m running nginx as frontend to apache + mod\_php with good results. Apache has keepalive off and is running with few threads and with the essential modules. i made a few tests with php-cgi -d managed with supervisord and I like it. It seams faster and under load uses less memory than apache, I just don’t know if APC is shared between child processes. Is APC shared between php-cgi child processes? Thanks Nuno. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[APC + php-cgi shared between child](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,99853,99853#msg-99853)** > > Hi, I'm running nginx as frontend to apache + mod\_php with good results. Apache has keepalive off and is running with few threads and with the essential modules. i made a few tests with php-cgi -d managed with supervisord and I like it. It seams fa ---
**Author:** ![nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363/2 "2010-06-18T18:19:48Z")
Php-fpm is a bit easier to configure and offers a lot more than just php-cgi -b. I would definitely check it out. ---
**Author:** ![nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363/3 "2010-06-18T23:01:24Z")
Thanks mike! I’ll test this one → [OpenID transaction in progress](https://launchpad.net/~brianmercer/+archive/php) Look’s easy to setup 🙂 Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: APC + php-cgi shared between child](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,99853,100085#msg-100085)** > > Hi, I'm running nginx as frontend to apache + mod\_php with good results. Apache has keepalive off and is running with few threads and with the essential modules. i made a few tests with php-cgi -d managed with supervisord and I like it. It seams fa ---
**Author:** ![nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363/4 "2010-06-20T12:32:21Z")
On Friday of June 18 2010, nfn wrote: > Is APC shared between php-cgi child processes? You may read this stuff: [http://ivoras.sharanet.org/blog/tree/2010-06-16.php-apc-and-shared-memory.html](http://ivoras.sharanet.org/blog/tree/2010-06-16.php-apc-and-shared-memory.html) ## regards Marcin G., PGP 0x9F183FA3 jabber jid:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, gg:2532994 [http://the.fork.pl](http://the.fork.pl) ---
**Author:** ![nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@nfn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nfn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apc-php-cgi-shared-between-child/190363/5 "2010-06-20T15:58:22Z")
> On Friday of June 18 2010, nfn wrote: > > > Is APC shared between php-cgi child processes? > > You may read this stuff: > [http://ivoras.sharanet.org/blog/tree/2010-06-16.php-apc-and-shared-memory.html](http://ivoras.sharanet.org/blog/tree/2010-06-16.php-apc-and-shared-memory.html) I think it gives somewhat wrong impression (at least the author hasnt given explanation what way he runs the php - fastcgi itself doesnt tell a lot) as when you use the some kind of process manager (and don’t spawn the processes from webserver on each request) the shared memory is really shared (egg the mapping is done in the master process). Can read also the comment from the linked bug in the article [PHP :: Request #57825 :: share cache between FAST CGI processes](http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11988) (at bottom) ( '[2010-06-13 23:45 UTC] rasmus at php dot net ’ ) rr