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Louis Charette, 2017

Wrapper function for Laravel cache system for easier integration of the cache system in standalone projects. Refer to Laravel documentation for all cache related function. This wrapper support Laravel ArrayStore, FileStore, MemcachedStore and RedisStore.

Also include a namespace parameter to handle multiple cache instance on the same server or project.

Usage

For any store driver, you first need to create a new *Store, passing the config values for each of those stores. Once a new store instantiated, you need to use the instance function to get the cache instance.

To use one of the following stores, you first need to include add it to the use list of your class or php file.

If you need to use multiple cache instance on the same server (especially for Memcached and Redis drivers) or on the same project (for example, user based cache), you can use the namespace parameter in the *Store constructor. A namespace should always be a string.

Since he Laravel cache requires an instance of Illuminate\Container\Container, every *Store in this package will create one automatically. If you want to reuse an existing Container, you can pass it to the *Store constructor.

While the namespace parameter is required for any *Store, all other parameters are optional, unless otherwise specified.

ArrayStore

The ArrayStore is a dummy store that doesn't really save anything. This can be used if you want to disable cache globally.

The ArrayStore accepts the namespace and Container parameters: new ArrayStore(string $namespace, Illuminate\Container\Container $app = null);

Example :

use UserFrosting\Cache\ArrayStore;

...

$cacheStore = new ArrayStore("global");
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

FileStore

The FileStore save file to the filesystem.

The FileStore accepts the namespace, path and Container parameters : new FileStore(string $namespace, string $path = "./", Illuminate\Container\Container $app = null);

Example :

use UserFrosting\Cache\FileStore;

...

$cacheStore = new FileStore("global", "./cache");
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

MemcachedStore

The MemcachedStore uses Memcached to efficiently handle caching.

Memcached should't be mistaken for the Memcache. Those are tow separate things !

The MemcachedStore accepts the namespace, config and Container parameters : new MemcachedStore(string $namespace, array $config = [], Illuminate\Container\Container $app = null);

Memcached config's array contain the settings for your Memcached instance. Default values are:

[
  'host' => '127.0.0.1',
  'port' => 11211,
  'weight' => 100
]

Custom config can be overwritten using this parameter.

Example :

use UserFrosting\Cache\MemcachedStore;

...

$cacheStore = new MemcachedStore("global"); //Uses default Memcached settings
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

Example with custom server and port :

use UserFrosting\Cache\MemcachedStore;

...

$cacheStore = new MemcachedStore("global", [
  'host' => '123.456.789.0',
  'port' => '22122'
]);
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

RedisStore

The RedisStore uses Redis server to efficiently handle caching.

The RedisStore accepts the namespace, config and Container parameters : new RedisStore(string $namespace, array $config = [], Illuminate\Container\Container $app = null);

Redis config's array contain the settings for your Redis server. Default values are:

[
  'host' => '127.0.0.1',
  'password' => null,
  'port' => 6379,
  'database' => 0
]

Custom config can be overwritten using this parameter.

Example :

use UserFrosting\Cache\RedisStore;

...

$cacheStore = new RedisStore("global"); //Uses default Redis settings
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

Example with custom port and password :

use UserFrosting\Cache\RedisStore;

...

$cacheStore = new RedisStore("global", [
  'password' => 'MyAwesomePassword',
  'port' => '1234'
]);
$cache = $cacheStore->instance();

$cache->get(...);

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