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[Caching](/categories/caching) 4. / 5. b3it/laravel-memcached-plus AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Caching](/categories/caching) b3it/laravel-memcached-plus =========================== Extends the built-in Laravel 5 Cache Memcached driver adding support for persistent connections, SASL and Memcached options. 4.1(8y ago)1556.4k8MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Mar 4Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[ RSS](/packages/b3it-laravel-memcached-plus/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (4)Versions (17)Used By (0) laravel-memcached-plus ====================== [](#laravel-memcached-plus) [![StyleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6146da465039718fbe02f6562b992d162d66c39023459a020a657c35291bb1a3/68747470733a2f2f7374796c6563692e696f2f7265706f732f33313636323531362f736869656c643f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://styleci.io/repos/31662516)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7ebca0dcf7a21145f7fd286da3d97e259213d8eb0c2bf4952dcfd80ce0a19924/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f623369742f6c61726176656c2d6d656d6361636865642d706c75732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/821834089cbcd2a072ff56e6190c6bb88e1b78cb206ec129085c5b474309a56b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f623369742f6c61726176656c2d6d656d6361636865642d706c75732f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/79c3f25f6197e42fef01326e2865820cc9885483e1ebf010337df35cc22dbef3/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f623369742f6c61726176656c2d6d656d6361636865642d706c75732f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/000cabcce07257f18decc8d0106fa53e5106d1afe90323f9661494dddc3319fa/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f623369742f6c61726176656c2d6d656d6361636865642d706c75732f762f756e737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d41fec7f1ca2e23820b359e55ddcaf449104dccb6a91b521e1eb17f5deeec749/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f623369742f6c61726176656c2d6d656d6361636865642d706c75732f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus) Summary ------- [](#summary) *This package is useful for Laravel 5.0 - 5.2. From 5.3 onwards two PRs I submitted to `laravel/framework` have been merged, therefore the features of this package are available out-the-box with Laravel 5.3 onwards.* Integrating with cloud memcached services such as [MemCachier](https://www.memcachier.com/) and [memcached cloud](https://redislabs.com/memcached-cloud) can require memcached features not available with the built-in [Laravel Cache](http://laravel.com/docs/5.2/cache) memcached driver from version 5.0 to 5.2. These include: - SASL authentication - custom options - persistent connections Adding 3 new configuration items, this package *enhances* the built-in Laravel 5 Cache memcached driver. Optionally, this package also allows these extra configuration items to be used for memcached Sessions. Read on for detailed instructions - you may find it useful to reference the [demo app](https://github.com/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus-demo) at the same time. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - > = PHP 5.4 with [ext-memcached](http://php.net/manual/en/book.memcached.php) - To use [SASL](http://docs.php.net/manual/en/memcached.setsaslauthdata.php) it must be compiled with SASL support. This is the default on [Heroku](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/php-support) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Available to install as a Composer package on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus), all you need to do is: `composer require b3it/laravel-memcached-plus` If your local environment does not meet the requirements you may need to append the `ignore-platform-reqs` option: `composer require b3it/laravel-memcached-plus --ignore-platform-reqs` Configuration ------------- [](#configuration) Once installed you can use this package to enhance the Laravel [Cache](http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/cache) and [Session](http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/session)services. ### Providers [](#providers) This section discusses the Laravel application configuration file `app/config.php`. In the `providers` array you need to replace following built-in Service Providers: - `Illuminate\Cache\CacheServiceProvider` and - `Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider` (optional) A recommended approach is to comment out the built-in providers and append the Service Providers from this package: ``` 'providers' => [ ... //'Illuminate\Cache\CacheServiceProvider', ... //'Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider', ... /* * Application Service Providers... */ ... 'B3IT\MemcachedPlus\CacheServiceProvider', 'B3IT\MemcachedPlus\SessionServiceProvider', // optional ], ``` The `B3IT\MemcachedPlus\SessionServiceProvider` is optional. You only need to add this if: - You want to specify a non-default memcached store to use for sessions, default is "memcached", or - You want to use the memcached features provided by this package for sessions ### Cache [](#cache) This section discusses the Laravel cache configuration file `config/cache.php`. This package makes the following extra configuration items available for use with a memcached store: - `persistent_id` - \[`Memcached::__construct`\] () explains how this is used - `sasl` - used by [`Memcached::setSaslAuthData`](http://php.net/manual/en/memcached.setsaslauthdata.php) - `options` - see [`Memcached::setOptions`](http://php.net/manual/en/memcached.setoptions.php) These may be used in a store config like so: ``` 'stores' => [ 'memcachedstorefoo' => [ 'driver' => 'memcached', 'persistent_id' => 'laravel', 'sasl' => [ env('MEMCACHIER_USERNAME'), env('MEMCACHIER_PASSWORD') ], 'options' => [ Memcached::OPT_NO_BLOCK => true, Memcached::OPT_AUTO_EJECT_HOSTS => true, Memcached::OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT => 2000, Memcached::OPT_POLL_TIMEOUT => 2000, Memcached::OPT_RETRY_TIMEOUT => 2, ], 'servers' => [ [ 'host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 11211, 'weight' => 100 ], ], ], ], ``` Note that as this package *enhances* the built-in Laravel 5 memcached Cache driver, the driver string remains `memcached`. In case you are unfamiliar with how to use multiple cache stores in Laravel, you would access this store from your application code like so: ``` $value = Cache::store('memcachedstorefoo')->get('key'); ``` ### Session [](#session) This section discusses the Laravel session configuration file `config/session.php`. If you are using memcached sessions you will have set the `driver` configuration item to 'memcached'. If you have added the `B3IT\MemcachedPlus\SessionServiceProvider` as discussed above, the `store` configuration item is available. This is explained in the following new snippet you can paste into your session configuration file: ``` /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Session Cache Store |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | When using the "apc" or "memcached" session drivers, you may specify a | cache store that should be used for these sessions. This value must | correspond with one of the application's configured cache stores. | */ 'store' => null, ``` To use the previous memcached 'plus' store example with sessions you would set this as follows: ``` 'store' => 'memcachedstorefoo', ``` Breaking changes between v3 and v4 ---------------------------------- [](#breaking-changes-between-v3-and-v4) The configuration of Memcached options has been updated to use the Memcached constants rather than the string constant name. The `session.memcached_store` variable has been renamed to `session.store`. laravel-memcached-plus in action -------------------------------- [](#laravel-memcached-plus-in-action) I created a [demo app](https://github.com/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus-demo) for you to see how this package integrates with Laravel 5 and how you could run it on Heroku. Support ------- [](#support) Please do let me know if you have any comments or queries. Thanks! ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity33 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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