Hi, We have long running daemons written in php ( cli, non-apache contexts) with the typical pattern: while( !$shutdown ) { $c = new SomeClass; $c->process(); } For performance reasons, would it help if apc.enable_cli is turned on: apc.enable_cli integer Mostly for testing and debugging. Setting this enables APC for the CLI version of PHP. Normally you wouldn't want to create, populate and tear down the APC cache on every CLI request, but for various test scenarios it is handy to be able to enable APC for the CLI version of APC easily. I am slightly confused by the statement - 'Mostly for testing and debugging.....' . On each loop iteration, does php recompile the code in 'SomeClass' ( and all its dependencies ) or it is really cached ( as it has seen the class code once ). If there is a php internals document on such issues, do let me know. Thanks, Ravi -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php