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<h2 class="title">Runtime Configuration</h2>
<p class="simpara">
The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in <var class="filename">php.ini</var>.
</p>
<p class="para">
The following table lists and explains the configuration settings
provided by the WinCache extension:
</p>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>WinCache configuration options</strong></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Default</th>
<th>Minimum</th>
<th>Maximum</th>
<th>Changeable</th>
<th>Changelog</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.fcenabled" class="link">wincache.fcenabled</a></td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_ALL</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.fcenabledfilter" class="link">wincache.fcenabledfilter</a></td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.fcachesize" class="link">wincache.fcachesize</a></td>
<td>"24"</td>
<td>"5"</td>
<td>"255"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.fcndetect" class="link">wincache.fcndetect</a></td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.maxfilesize" class="link">wincache.maxfilesize</a></td>
<td>"256"</td>
<td>"10"</td>
<td>"2048"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ocenabled" class="link">wincache.ocenabled</a></td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>"1"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_ALL</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0. Removed as of 2.0.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ocenabledfilter" class="link">wincache.ocenabledfilter</a></td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>"NULL"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0. Removed as of 2.0.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ocachesize" class="link">wincache.ocachesize</a></td>
<td>"96"</td>
<td>"15"</td>
<td>"255"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0. Removed as of 2.0.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.filecount" class="link">wincache.filecount</a></td>
<td>"4096"</td>
<td>"1024"</td>
<td>"16384"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.chkinterval" class="link">wincache.chkinterval</a></td>
<td>"30"</td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>"300"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ttlmax" class="link">wincache.ttlmax</a></td>
<td>"1200"</td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>"7200"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.enablecli" class="link">wincache.enablecli</a></td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ignorelist" class="link">wincache.ignorelist</a></td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_ALL</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.namesalt" class="link">wincache.namesalt</a></td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ucenabled" class="link">wincache.ucenabled</a></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.ucachesize" class="link">wincache.ucachesize</a></td>
<td>8</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>85</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.scachesize" class="link">wincache.scachesize</a></td>
<td>8</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>85</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.rerouteini" class="link">wincache.rerouteini</a></td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.2.0. Removed as of 1.3.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.reroute_enabled" class="link">wincache.reroute_enabled</a></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM | PHP_INI_PERDIR</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.3.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.srwlocks" class="link">wincache.srwlocks</a></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.3.6.3. Removed as of 2.0.0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="wincache.configuration.html#ini.wincache.filemapdir" class="link">wincache.filemapdir</a></td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_SYSTEM</td>
<td>Available as of WinCache 1.3.7.4</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
For further details and definitions of the
PHP_INI_* modes, see the <a href="configuration.changes.modes.html" class="xref">Where a configuration setting may be set</a>.
</p>
<p class="para">Here's a short explanation of
the configuration directives.</p>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt id="ini.wincache.fcenabled">
<code class="parameter">wincache.fcenabled</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">Enables or disables the file cache functionality.</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.fcenabledfilter">
<code class="parameter">wincache.fcenabledfilter</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines a comma-separated list of IIS web site identifiers where file
cache should be enabled or disabled. This setting works in conjunction
with <em>wincache.fcenabled</em>: if <em>wincache.fcenabled</em>
is set to 1, then the sites listed in the <em>wincache.fcenabledfilter</em>
will have the file cache turned off; if <em>wincache.fcenabled</em>
is set to 0, then the sites listed in the <em>wincache.fcenabledfilter</em>
will have the file cache turned on.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.fcachesize">
<code class="parameter">wincache.fcachesize</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum memory size (in megabytes) that is allocated for the file cache.
If the total size of all the cached files exceeds the value specified in this setting,
then most stale files will be removed from the file cache.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.fcndetect">
<code class="parameter">wincache.fcndetect</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Enables or disables the file change notification detection functionality. If file change
notification is supported then it will be used to refresh the opcode and file cache entries
as soon as the corresponding files are modified on a file system. If file change notification
is not supported, for example when using network file shares, then wincache will poll for
file changes at regular time intervals specified by <em>wincache.chkinterval</em>.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.maxfilesize">
<code class="parameter">wincache.maxfilesize</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum allowed size (in kilobytes) for a single file to be cached.
If a file size exceeds the specified value, the file will not be cached.
This setting applies to the file cache only.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ocenabled">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ocenabled</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This option has been <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> as of 2.0.0.0</p></div>
<span class="simpara">Enables or disables the opcode cache functionality</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ocenabledfilter">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ocenabledfilter</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This option has been <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> as of 2.0.0.0</p></div>
<span class="simpara">
Defines a comma-separated list of IIS web site identifiers where opcode
cache should be enabled or disabled. This setting works in conjunction
with <em>wincache.ocenabled</em>: if <em>wincache.ocenabled</em>
is set to 1, then the sites listed in the <em>wincache.ocenabledfilter</em>
will have the opcode cache turned off; if <em>wincache.ocenabled</em>
is set to 0, then the sites listed in the <em>wincache.ocenabledfilter</em>
will have the opcode cache turned on.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ocachesize">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ocachesize</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This option has been <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> as of 2.0.0.0</p></div>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum memory size (in megabytes) that is allocated for the
opcode cache. If the cached opcode size exceeds the specified value,
then most stale opcode will be removed from the cache. Note that the opcode
cache size must be at least 3 times bigger than file cache size.
If that is not the case the opcode cache size will be automatically increased.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.filecount">
<code class="parameter">wincache.filecount</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines how many files are expected to be cached by the extension, so that appropriate
memory size is allocated at the startup time. If the number of files exceeds the specified
value, the WinCache will re-allocate more memory as needed.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.chkinterval">
<code class="parameter">wincache.chkinterval</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines how often (in seconds) the extension checks for file changes in order
to refresh the cache. Setting it to 0 will disable the refreshing of the cache.
The file changes will not be reflected in the cache unless the cache entry for
that file is removed by scavenger or IIS application pool is recycled or
wincache_refresh_if_changed function is called.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ttlmax">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ttlmax</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum time to live (in seconds) for a cached entry without being used.
Setting it to 0 will disable the cache scavenger, so the cached entries will never
be removed from the cache during the lifetime of the IIS worker process.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.enablecli">
<code class="parameter">wincache.enablecli</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines if caching is enabled when PHP is running in command line (CLI) mode.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ignorelist">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ignorelist</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Defines a list of files that should not be cached by the extension.
The files list is specified by using file names only, separated by
the pipe symbol - "|".
<div class="example" id="example-638">
<p><strong>Example #1 <em>wincache.ignorelist</em> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="inicode"><pre class="inicode">wincache.ignorelist = "index.php|misc.php|admin.php"</pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.namesalt">
<code class="parameter">wincache.namesalt</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines a string that will be used when naming the extension
specific objects that are stored in shared memory. This is used
to avoid conflicts that may be caused if other applications within
an IIS worker process tries to access shared memory. The length of
the namesalt string cannot exceed 8 characters.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ucenabled">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ucenabled</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Enables or disables the user cache functionality.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.ucachesize">
<code class="parameter">wincache.ucachesize</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum memory size in megabytes that is allocated for the user cache. If the total
size of variables stored in the user cache exceeds the specified value, then the most stale variables
will be removed from the cache.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.scachesize">
<code class="parameter">wincache.scachesize</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Defines the maximum memory size in megabytes that is allocated for the session cache. If the total
size of data stored in the session cache exceeds the specified value, then the most stale data
will be removed from the cache.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.rerouteini">
<code class="parameter">wincache.rerouteini</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">
This option has been <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> as of 1.3.7. See <em>wincache.reroute_enabled</em> for similar functionality as of 1.3.7.
</p></div>
<span class="simpara">
Specifies an absolute or a relateve path to the reroute.ini file that contains the list of PHP functions
whose implementation should be replaced with the WinCache function equivalents. If a relative path is specified
then it is assumed to be relative to the location of php-cgi.exe file.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.reroute_enabled">
<code class="parameter">wincache.reroute_enabled</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Enables or disables the rerouting of certain file I/O functions through the file cache.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.srwlocks">
<code class="parameter">wincache.srwlocks</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This option has been <em class="emphasis">REMOVED</em> as of 2.0.0.0</p></div>
<span class="simpara">
Enables or disables the use of shared reader/writer locks. Disabling is useful when troubleshooting deadlock conditions in WinCache.
</span>
</dd>
<dt id="ini.wincache.filemapdir">
<code class="parameter">wincache.filemapdir</code>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
Specifies an absolute path to a directory where WinCache will store the temporary files used for shared memory segments.
</span>
<span class="simpara">
This directory must be on the local machine and not on a networked file system.
</span>
<span class="simpara">
If the directory is not specified, WinCache will use the Windows System Page File for all shared memory segments.
</span>
</dd>
</dl>
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