The short answer: Either one is what you are looking for, but my first choice would be memcache (the first one you listed), purely based on its correct use of nomenclature. Now here’s how I came to that conclusion: Here is a quick backgrounder in naming conventions (for those unfamiliar), which explains the frustration by … Read more
You need to use the php7 branch; see here, Travis is passing. This should be the complete set of steps to install the memcached extension on a Debian/Ubuntu OS: You may need to change some of the paths if you have them installed at different locations.
As the author of spymemcached, I’m a bit biased, but I’d say it’s mine for the following reasons: Designed from scratch to be non-blocking everywhere possible. When you ask for data, issue a set, etc… there’s one tiny concurrent queue insertion and you get a Future to block on results (with some convenience methods for … Read more
Summary (TL;DR) Updated June 3rd, 2017 Redis is more powerful, more popular, and better supported than memcached. Memcached can only do a small fraction of the things Redis can do. Redis is better even where their features overlap. For anything new, use Redis. Memcached vs Redis: Direct Comparison Both tools are powerful, fast, in-memory data … Read more