[HN_Master_Race]

PHP benchmarks are extremelly outdated and not even using PHP 5.5 with OPCache (that is now native). Python and Ruby implementation choices are also really weird.

- Laravel Version 3.2.14

- PHP Version 5.4.13 with FPM and APC

Don't waste your time with this crap.

[rubyn00bie]

Not to be an ass, I don't know much about their approaches and Php (APC in particular)... But wouldn't enabling caching sort of defeat a portion of the test?

Wouldn't it just be better to compare caches/caching mechanisms?

[nercury]

While other sensible language interpreters have a feature like byte-code caching built-in in them, PHP for quite a while did not, because someone was monetizing a proprietary cache add-on named ZendOptimizerPlus!

They released it as part of the language in 5.5 because alternative APC cache got just good enough and everyone was installing it by default.

So, to answer your question: yes, APC should be used on any PHP benchmark if performance is in question.

[jmagoon]

they seem pretty open to pull requests. so feel free to fix the "crap", as you call it.