{"id":4497,"date":"2020-03-26T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:56:37","slug":"using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website","title":{"rendered":"Using PHP Cache to Develop a Faster Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website\/#Why_do_You_Need_a_PHP_Cache_for_Your_Website\" title=\"Why do You Need a PHP Cache for Your Website?\">Why do You Need a PHP Cache for Your Website?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website\/#Types_of_PHP_Cache_that_a_PHP_Development_Company_Uses\" title=\"Types of PHP Cache that a PHP Development Company Uses?\">Types of PHP Cache that a PHP Development Company Uses?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website\/#Full_Page_Caching\" title=\"Full Page Caching:\">Full Page Caching:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/using-php-cache-to-develop-a-faster-website\/#Object_Caching\" title=\"Object Caching:\">Object Caching:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Customer engagement, conversion and website performance is highly important for your site and for that you have to have a faster website so that the customers are not left waiting. Since the human attention span is infamously shorter than the memory span of a goldfish, it is important to offer them what they are looking for within that moment. If you have a dynamic website which is built on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/php-development\/\">PHP web development<\/a><\/span>, and you have a growing website and audience base, then there might be a problem with the website\u2019s performance. Without any proper caching mechanism, the site will become slow and in case your site gets more traffic, the webserver won\u2019t be able to handle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Now the question is what should you do to have a faster website? There are various methods to have a faster website and each comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. Here in this blog, we will discuss about PHP cache and how it can be used to develop a faster website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_You_Need_a_PHP_Cache_for_Your_Website\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Why do You Need a PHP Cache for Your Website?<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Caching a dynamic website page is crucial. With <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/custom-php-development\/\">PHP web application development<\/a><\/span>, many times the cache is overlooked and in a website, even a nanosecond performance improvement can bring a lot of changes. If your site depends on the traffic of the search engines, then the cache should be the foremost priority and even Google considers the pages that have a high speed which is a crucial aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Without caching the dynamic site won\u2019t be able to handle a lot of visitors as all the database queries and PHP script executions will use the CPU power and the RAM memory. Since the resources are limited, the web server and the site will become very slow with more traffic or will become unavailable.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/latest-php-trends-of-2020-that-will-benefit-your-business-website\">Latest PHP Trends of 2020 That Will Benefit Your Business Website<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">By caching, the contents of a web page are stored temporarily in locations that are closer to the users in the same way our memory works. It therefore speeds the content downloads and helps to deliver a faster and more satisfying experience to the users. Caching is one of the most popular website performance optimization techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_PHP_Cache_that_a_PHP_Development_Company_Uses\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Types of PHP Cache that a PHP Development Company Uses?<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There are different types of cache used and all have them have various functions. The list includes server side cache types that are used with PHP scripts. Some other cache types include browser cache, database cache, proxy cache and etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Full_Page_Caching\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Full Page Caching: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Page caching is the most important type of PHP cache and as the name suggests, the whole PHP web page will be cached in this case. The cached page version is actually stored for some time on the server and when the particular page is searched, it is delivered without delay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you have a new project in hand, then you should consider using a modern PHP development framework like the Symphony, Yii, CodeIgniter or Zend.\u00a0 All the frameworks offer their own PHP cache plugin and if you choose any one framework, then you don\u2019t have to write all the codes as the libraries are already bundled. You don\u2019t have to choose all the libraries yourself and most of the PHP cache components are able to cache whole PHP pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Object_Caching\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Object Caching: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While caching the entire page, it happens on the entire file system, but with the object cache, things are different and it is mostly used to store the strings, database result sets, array objects. 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