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kargnas/alternative-laravel-cache
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Replacements for Laravel's redis and file cache stores that properly implement tagging idea. Powered by cache pool implementations provided by http://www.php-cache.com/

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\#What is this? This is full-featured replacement for Laravel's Redis and file cache storages. All storages support proper tagging. Cache pools provided by  + I've added `HierarchialFilesystemCachePool` based on code of `FilesystemCachePool` provided by . All classes in this lib only proxies between Laravel's cache system and cache pools from  and my own pools.

\##What is proper tagging? For example you have:

```
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->put('tag-test1', 'ok', 20);

```

How Laravel's native cache works with tags and Redis (Laravel 5.2):

```
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->get('tag-test1');    //< 'ok'
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->get('tag-test1');    //< null
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->get('tag-test1');            //< null
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->get('tag-test1');            //< null
Cache::get('tag-test1');                            //< null
Cache::forget('tag-test1');                         //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->forget('tag-test1');         //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->forget('tag-test1');         //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->flush();                     //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->flush();                     //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->flush();             //< flushed
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->flush();             //< won't delete anything

```

If you think that this is correct behavior - go away, you don't need this lib.

How it works with this lib:

```
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->get('tag-test1');    //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->get('tag-test1');    //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->get('tag-test1');            //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->get('tag-test1');            //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::get('tag-test1');                            //< 'ok'
Cache::forget('tag-test1');                         //< deleted
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->forget('tag-test1');         //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->forget('tag-test1');         //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->flush();                     //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag1'
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->flush();                     //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag2'
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->flush();             //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag1' or 'tag2'
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->flush();             //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag2' or 'tag1'

```

\##How to use it:

Add to `composer.json`:

```
"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "vcs",
        "url": "https://github.com/swayok/alternativelaravelcache.git"
    }
],
"require": {
    "swayok/alternativelaravelcache": "master@dev"
}

```

Add to `config/app.php`:

```
$providers = [
    \AlternativeLaravelCache\Provider\AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider::class,
]

```

\##Notes By default service provider will replace Laravel's `redis` and `file` cache stores. You can alter this behavior like this:

```
class MyAlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider extends AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider {
    static protected $redisDriverName = 'altredis';
    static protected $fileDriverName = 'altfile';
}

```

File cache storage currently supports only `'driver' => 'file'`. You can extend list of file cache drivers by
overwriting `AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider->makeFileCacheAdapter()`

Yep, there is no tests right now and possibly they will never appear.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3397d ago

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