apc_store isn't working between requests

Question

$bar = \'BAR\';
apc_store(\'foo\', $bar);
var_dump(apc_fetch(\'foo\'));

Within one request this work.

Now If i try to do a var_dump(a

Answer 1

Probably you are running PHP over CGI (instead of FastCGI which you ought to use) - see my answer in another question why APC doesn't work if PHP is running over CGI.