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CodeIgniter Cache Helper

I am a huge fan of output caching and CodeIgniter has a very effective output caching system, however, it is lacking some very important functions for managing the cache files. CodeIgniter Cache Helper fixes that issue by giving you a simple helper that you can add to your CodeIgniter project that will let you manage your output cache files in code.

Requirements

CodeIgniter 2.0+ (It can be modified to work in <1.7.2 by changing "APPPATH" to "BASEPATH")

Installation

Manual installation

Add the cache_helper.php file to your "helpers" directory in the application folder.

Spark installation

This helper can be installed and run as a spark. Install the current version with this command:

php tools\spark install -v1.4.2 cache-helper

Usage

Load the helper any time you want to use its functions. You can then call any of the functions directly. Helper functions do not need to be called through CodeIgniter's $this object.

For manual install

$this->load->helper('cache');

For spark install

$this->load->spark('cache-helper/1.4.2');

Function reference

Function	Return	Description
`get_cache_folder()`	string	Returns a string containing the path to the cache directory. (e.g. `'/var/www/application/cache'`)
`get_cache_file($uri_string)`	string	Returns a string with the path to the cache file for a specific URI. (e.g. `'/var/www/application/cache/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e'`) This function does not check for the existence of that cache file, it merely tells you where CodeIgniter would cache that resource.
`get_all_cache_files()`	array	Returns an object containing information for every file in the cache directory. Uses the `get_dir_file_info()` function from the File Helper. The returned object will be in that format.
`delete_cache($uri_string)`	bool	Attempts to delete the cached file for the specified resource. Returns `TRUE` upon success or if that file does not exist, returns `FALSE` on failure.
`delete_all_cache()`	void	Attempts to delete ALL cache files. Does not return anything.
`delete_expired_cache()`	void	Attempts to delete all cache files which have expired. Does not return anything.
`get_cache_expiration($uri_string)`	int	Attempts to read the expiration time stamp from the cache file for the specified resource. Returns an integer with the time stamp (UNIX time stamp in `time()` format, e.g. `1307158229`) if it could find and parse the file, returns `FALSE` if there is no cache file for the resource or if there was a problem reading/parsing the file.

Notes

The $uri_string argument is the URI string of the resource you are looking for (e.g. 'blog/article/123'). This is designed to be used with CodeIgniter's uri_string() method from the URI Class.

License

(This project is released under the MIT license.)

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