php accelerator review

Question

1) Can you recommend me a PHP accelerator for PHP V5.2.6?
2) Do you know about any recent test comparation/review of those modules(Alternative PHP Cache, eAccelerator, XCache, Zend Optimizer, Zend Platform, ionCube PHP Accelerator, Turck MMCache, Nusphere PhpExpress)?

Answer 1

APC is pretty much the standard choice. It's scheduled to be included in PHP 6 core. Unlike most of the other candidates, it's stable and it's free.

Answer 2

Here is a comparison of three of them, APC, Zend and XCache:

http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2007/12/23/php-accelerators-apc-vs-zend-vs-xcache-with-zend-framework/

Answer 3

APC is easy to install, works out of the box and can be used as both an opcode cache and a data cache. Easy choice, in my opinion.