Quick Install Memcached and Memcache for PHP on Fedora

Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system. In web applications implementation, it is intended to alleviate database load by caching the most requested data for faster retrieval and lessen DB hits.

Installing Memcached on Fedora and adding it as a PHP module is fairly simple using the console.

Step 1: Install Memcached

yum install memcached

Step 2: Install Memcache PECL module for PHP

yum install php-pecl-memcache

Step 3: Restart Apache

service httpd restart

Step 4: Run the Memcached Daemon

service memcached start

Once finished, you should be able to access memcache-related functions and utilities. You can check the memcache entry in the phpinfo() page which verifies that it has been successfully installed as PHP module.

For more information on how to use the Memcache Class provided by the Memcache PECL module, visit the following link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.memcache.php