The APCu Backwards Compatibility (apcu-bc) module extends the APCu module to add full backwards compatibility with APC for PHP 7.0 and 7.1.
The reason apcu-bc exists is because starting with PHP 7.0, APCu removed the option for full backwards compatibility with APC that existed with APCu in PHP 5.5 and 5.6.
Installing apcu-bc on PHP 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6
The apcu-bc extension is not relevant to PHP versions before PHP 7.0. For PHP 5.4, only the APC extension is relevant. For PHP 5.5 and 5.6, only the APCu extension is relevant.
Installing apcu-bc on PHP 7.0 and 7.1
To install apcu-bc, you must first install APCu. If you have not installed APCu, you won't be able to install apcu-bc.
Next, SSH in to your server as root and run this command:
sudo pecl7.X-sp install apcu_bc-beta
Once installed, create a configuration file for the extension and restart PHP by running the following commands as root:
sudo bash -c "echo extension=apc.so > /etc/php7.X-sp/conf.d/z_apc.ini" sudo service php7.X-fpm-sp restart
Verifying the Installation
You can verify apcu-bc is installed correctly by running this command:
php7.X-sp -i | grep -i "APC Compatibility"
You should see output like the following:
APC Compatibility => 1.0.3
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