PHP Cache Class (File base)

A simple file based cache based from Erik Giberti's FileCache class. See here

Enhanced Features

• Data is serialized and JSON encoded
• Cache data is encrypted by mcrypt
• File Based Cache was explained here

Installation

//require the class
require_once("lib/class.cache.php");

//create new instance of the class
$cache = new Cache("tmp/");

//...

Sample Call

$cache_key = "client_list";

//see if we can get an existing cache
if (!$clients_data = $cache->get($cache_key)) {
    //nope. Let's get the real one!
    $clients_data = json_decode(file_get_contents("clients.json"));

    //set the cache up!
    $expire = 3600; //1 hour
    $cache->set($cache_key, $clients_data, $expire); 
}

var_dump($clients_data);

Reference

Code reference for you to get started!

Properties

• protected $root = '/tmp/'; - Value is pre-pended to the cache, should be the full path to the directory.
• protected $error = null; - For holding any error messages that may have been raised
• private $_encryption_key = 'Fil3C@ch33ncryptionK3y' - Main key used for encryption (you need to set this up inside the class)

Methods

Public Methods

• Cache::get($key) - Reads the data from the cache specified by the cache key
• Cache::set($key [, $data, $ttl]) - Saves data to the cache. Anything that evaluates to false, null, '', boolean false, 0 will not be saved. $ttl Specifies the expiry time
• Cache::delete($key) - Deletes the cache specified by the $key
• Cache::get_error() - Reads and clears the internal error
• Cache::have_error() - Can be used to inspect internal error

Private Methods

See code to see all private methods used like Cahce::_encrypt($pure_string) etc.

Feedback

All bugs, feature requests, pull requests, feedback, etc., are welcome. Visit my site at www.lodev09.com or email me at [email protected]

Credits

© 2011-2014 - Coded by Jovanni Lo / @lodev09

License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE file.