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  • Introduction
  • ApcClassLoader
  • XcacheClassLoader

Cache a Class Loader

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Cache a Class Loader

Introduction

Finding the file for a particular class can be an expensive task. Luckily, the ClassLoader component comes with two classes to cache the mapping from a class to its containing file. Both the ApcClassLoader and the XcacheClassLoader wrap around an object which implements a findFile() method to find the file for a class.

Note

Both the ApcClassLoader and the XcacheClassLoader can be used to cache Composer's autoloader.

ApcClassLoader

ApcClassLoader wraps an existing class loader and caches calls to its findFile() method using APC:

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require_once '/path/to/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/ApcClassLoader.php';

// instance of a class that implements a findFile() method, like the ClassLoader
$loader = ...;

// sha1(__FILE__) generates an APC namespace prefix
$cachedLoader = new ApcClassLoader(sha1(__FILE__), $loader);

// register the cached class loader
$cachedLoader->register();

// deactivate the original, non-cached loader if it was registered previously
$loader->unregister();

XcacheClassLoader

XcacheClassLoader uses XCache to cache a class loader. Registering it is straightforward:

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require_once '/path/to/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/XcacheClassLoader.php';

// instance of a class that implements a findFile() method, like the ClassLoader
$loader = ...;

// sha1(__FILE__) generates an XCache namespace prefix
$cachedLoader = new XcacheClassLoader(sha1(__FILE__), $loader);

// register the cached class loader
$cachedLoader->register();

// deactivate the original, non-cached loader if it was registered previously
$loader->unregister();
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