php - Disable OPCache temporarily

Question

I recently moved to PHP 5.4 and installed OPCache, it's very powerful!

How can I temporarily disable the cache?

I tried :

 ini_set('opcache.enable', 0);

But it has no effect.

Thanks

Answer 1

Once your script runs, it's too late to not cache the file. You need to set it outside PHP:

• If PHP runs as Apache module, use an .htaccess file:

  php_flag opcache.enable Off
  

• If PHP runs as CGI/FastCGI, use a .user.ini file:

  opcache.enable=0
  

And, in any case, you can use good old system-wide php.ini if you have access to it.