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ahead4/cache
============

A lightweight file-system cache system

v1.0.11(10y ago)011.0k↓50%1MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Oct 6Pushed 2y ago5 watchersCompare

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Cache
=====

[](#cache)

[![Build status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/82b21eb9af94b1f7879c127c17e8c5ba11fb076643ff519472504869538eba94/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f477265677761722f43616368652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/82b21eb9af94b1f7879c127c17e8c5ba11fb076643ff519472504869538eba94/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f477265677761722f43616368652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)

This is a lightweight cache system based on file and directories.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Step 1: Install it
------------------

[](#step-1-install-it)

Via composer:

```
{
    "require": {
        "gregwar/cache": "1.0.*"
    }
}
```

Or with a clone of the repository:

```
git clone https://github.com/Gregwar/Cache.git
```

Or downloading it:

- [Download .zip](https://github.com/Gregwar/Cache/archive/master.zip)
- [Download .tar.gz](https://github.com/Gregwar/Cache/archive/master.tar.gz)

Step 2: Setup the rights
------------------------

[](#step-2-setup-the-rights)

You need your PHP script to have access to the cache directory, you can for instance create a `cache` directory with mode 777:

```
mkdir cache
chmod 777 cache

```

Step 3: Access the cache
------------------------

[](#step-3-access-the-cache)

To access the cache, you can do like this:

```