Caching Best Practices

Explore best practices for implementing efficient application-level caching in this PHP UK Conference talk. Discover techniques like 'biggest smallest reusable item' and automatic write-through caching to enhance performance and scalability. Learn about various caching technologies, including Memcached, APC, and Zend Server Cache. Dive into opcode cache options, caching methodologies, and cache invalidation strategies. Gain insights on configuring and managing Memcached, using APC functions, and implementing read-through cache callbacks. Understand concepts such as check and set operations, asynchronous fetching, and multi-layer caching to optimize your PHP applications.

Intro
But my Data Changes!
Opcode Cache Options
Caching Methodologies
Cache Invalidation Strategy update invalidation
Common Cache Solutions
APC Common Functions
APC Example
Memcached Libraries
Configuring Memcached
Managing Memcached
Simple Example
Manipulating Key Values
Read Through Cache Callback
Check and Set Operations
Asynchronous Fetching
Database Caching Example
More Generic Example
Concept: Multi-Layer Cache
Biggest-Smallest Reusable
Questions?