flightphp/cache

Light, simple and standalone PHP in-file caching class

Advantages

• Light, standalone and simple
• All code in one file - no pointless drivers.
• Secure - every generated cache file have a php header with die, making direct access impossible even if someone knows the path and your server is not configured properly
• Well documented and tested
• Handles concurrency correctly via flock
• Supports PHP 7.4+
• Free under a MIT license

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Install via composer:

composer require flightphp/cache

Usage is fairly straightforward. This saves a cache file in the cache directory.

use flight\Cache;

$app = Flight::app();

// You pass the directory the cache will be stored in into the constructor
$app->register('cache', Cache::class, [ __DIR__ . '/../cache/' ], function(Cache $cache) {

    // This ensures that the cache is only used when in production mode
    // ENVIRONMENT is a constant that is set in your bootstrap file or elsewhere in your app
    $cache->setDevMode(ENVIRONMENT === 'development');
});

Then you can use it in your code like this:

// Get cache instance
$cache = Flight::cache();
$data = $cache->refreshIfExpired('simple-cache-test', function () {
    return date("H:i:s"); // return data to be cached
}, 10); // 10 seconds

// or
$data = $cache->retrieve('simple-cache-test');
if(empty($data)) {
    $data = date("H:i:s");
    $cache->store('simple-cache-test', $data, 10); // 10 seconds
}

Visit https://github.com/flightphp/cache for full documentation and make sure you see the examples folder.