Standalone Script for Clearing APC Cache

Jun 1, 2010 Web Design Comment »

After upgrading WordPress to a new version, you might need to clear the APC opcode cache. Here is a simple script that you can store in the root of your website, for example, clearapc.php:

if (function_exists('apc_clear_cache') && $_GET['pass'] == 'secret') {
        if (apc_clear_cache() && apc_clear_cache('user'))
                print 'All Clear!';
        else
                print 'Clearing Failed!';
        print '<pre>';
        print_r(apc_cache_info());
        print '</pre>';
} else {
        print 'Authenticate, please!';
}

Then call the script via http://example.com/clearapc.php?pass=secret

Instead of using ?pass=secret, you might well call the filename something that is hard to guess: clearapc93920.php

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