README

Quick Start

To install Simple PHP Cache, simply:

$ composer require xnicon/php-simple-cache

Code Examples

Example One

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use \phpCache\Cache;

$c = new Cache();

if(!$c->has("example")) {
  $c->set("example", 'cache data', 300); // cache result for 5 minutes (300 seconds)
} else {
  echo $c->get("example");
}

Example Two

$example = $c->get("example");

if($example !== false) {
  echo "Cached: " . $example;
  $c->remove("example"); // remove from cache
} else {
  echo "Cache not found or expired";
}

Example Three

$c->set("progress", 50, 300); // cache result for 5 minutes (300 seconds)

$progress = $c->get("progress", 0); // default return 0

echo "Progress: " . $progress;

Functions

__construct($name, $dir, $ext)

Class constructor

• $name - name of the cache (default phpcache)
• $dir - directory where the cache will be stored (default TEMP directory)
• $ext - extension of the cache file (default .cache)

set($key, $value, $ttl = 0)

Writes data to cache

• $key - key of the value
• $value - value
• $ttl - Time To Live (in how many seconds value will expire)

get($key, $default = false)

Reads data from cache

• $key - key of the value
• $default - is default value return if value by $key not found (default false)
• return:
  • bool(false) - value not cached or expired
  • array - if success

remove($key)

Removes data from cache

• $key - key of the value
• return:
  • bool(false) - key not found
  • bool(true) - success

has($key)

Check exists and not is expired cache

• $key - key of the value
• return:
  • bool(false) - not found
  • bool(true) - is found

clean()

clean cache file

• return:
  • bool(false) - fail
  • bool(true) - success