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gregwar/cache
=============

A lightweight file-system cache system

v1.0.13(5y ago)1084.5M—3.8%30[4 issues](https://github.com/Gregwar/Cache/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/Gregwar/Cache/pulls)18MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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Cache
=====

[](#cache)

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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 (be sure the web server can write it):

```
mkdir cache

```

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

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

To access the cache, you can do like this:

```