Zend OPcache : Caching to make site faster ?

[Surendra.S]

I just came to know that  APC caching is not compatible with the newer versions of PHP. 

So decided to use  Zend OPcache.

Can you please share your experiences / problems / configurations of using Zend OPcache ?

Is it a good idea to make the website (IPB Forum 4.1) faster ?

[RevengeFNF]

Everytime someone enters your site, your webserver will need to compile the php files and then run them. Opcache saves the php files to your server Ram already pre compiled. This is faster and will also use less resources from your server.