This guide explains how to install the Webman rate‑limiter plugin, configure its drivers (memory, APCu, Redis), and use annotation‑driven limits in PHP controllers, including custom keys, whitelist IPs, and manual limiter checks.
This guide explains how to download, install, and configure the PHP Extension Installer (PIE) on PHP 8.1 or newer, shows how to add it to your PATH, use its commands, and install extensions such as APCu with version constraints.
This article explains why PHP caching is essential for web performance and details three main techniques—page caching with output buffering, data caching using extensions like Memcached or APCu, and file caching with file I/O functions—plus best practices for updates, expiration, and avoiding cache penetration.
This article analyzes the performance bottleneck caused by large Apollo configuration reads in a PHP application and presents multiple optimization strategies—including static variables, Yac/APCu caching, require‑file with opcache, and MessagePack serialization—to significantly lower CPU and memory consumption while maintaining configuration freshness.
