Extension name should be apc about apcu HOT 7 CLOSED

@rlerdorf suggested the name was changed, I don't think APC is being retired, it can't really be ... so that complicates matters, additionally they cannot have the same name and both be on pecl, so route to installation might be a bit tricky if this has to stay on github long term.

others have suggested that the userland api be changed to apcu_* with an option to emulate apc_* functions at runtime based on some configuration option.

I don't really know what to do here, I'll be taking my lead from everyone else ...

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I was only suggesting to rename the extension name (.so or .dll), not the project.

Currently, apc.so and apcu.so cannot be load at the same time (because of function name conflict)

Client projects could use

• funtion_exists("apc_get")
• extension_loaded("apc")
• phpversion("apc");
• other

It you plan to provide a real "dropin" replacement (at PHP api level), you need to have this various solutions to work.

It will be really a huge work (and probably a waste of time) to ask each project to be adapted to use APCu, I really think this must stay an admin choice, which should be as much as transparent as possible. And it should also work with old project (without need of an update / patch)

Exemple : upgrade from PHP 5.3 + APC to PHP 5.5 + Zend OPcache + APCu

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Of course, comment from some pecl guru will be welcome, as I really hope this extension could become part of PECL forge, to get more visibility, and take benefit of the PECL project resources.

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Ah yes, that actually does make sense ...

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My comment about renaming .so have no sense, sorry. This is the internal module name "apc" which need to be provided.

Probably we need to look at "hash" official extension which provides emulated "mhash" extension and provide both extensions and both set of functions and apply the same solution here.

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I have implemented the rest of compatibility mode ...

This can be closed now if everything is in order ?

I'm not sure how best to handle phpdoc, and I'm not sure about the backward compatibility of user bin functions (old functions took two arrays, we now take one) ... if anyone has any thoughts ...

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Yes, you can close this one. All seems fine (except the doc blocks which need a check / clean)

Thanks.

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