In what ways can PHP developers ensure that a web portal designed for scalability can easily accommodate future feature enhancements without compromising performance or user experience?

To ensure that a web portal designed for scalability can easily accommodate future feature enhancements without compromising performance or user experience, PHP developers can follow best practices such as using proper coding standards, implementing caching mechanisms, optimizing database queries, and utilizing scalable architecture patterns like MVC. 

// Example of implementing caching mechanism using PHP's built-in Memcached extension

// Connect to Memcached server
$memcached = new Memcached();
$memcached->addServer('localhost', 11211);

// Check if data is already cached
$key = 'cached_data_key';
$cached_data = $memcached->get($key);

if (!$cached_data) {
    // If data is not cached, perform expensive operation to fetch data
    $data = fetchDataFromDatabase();

    // Cache the data for future use
    $memcached->set($key, $data, 3600); // Cache for 1 hour
} else {
    // If data is already cached, use the cached data
    $data = $cached_data;
}

// Use the data in the web portal
echo $data;

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PHP scalability performance optimization feature enhancements user experience

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