7.4 can compile a set of files once at server start and keep them in memory permanently, skipping the per-request opcache lookup entirely. The catch is that preloaded…
only and except could not be combined coherently — specifying both applied them independently and produced results nobody predicted. First-match-wins ordering is what makes rules comprehensible where the…
An endpoint returning a constant ok tells a load balancer that PHP is running, which is not the question anybody is asking. The distinction worth making is between…
With validate_timestamps off, PHP never notices a changed file — which is the point, and which means a deploy that does not clear the cache serves the previous…
Running a command against production usually means an SSH session, a directory change and remembering which site is which — and the flag removes all three. The alias…