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slick/cache
===========

Cache component for Slick Framework

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Slick Cache package
===================

[](#slick-cache-package)

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Slick cache package works with cache providing services installed on your system.

It comes with support for *Memcached* (`memcached` daemon) and *File*(caching data into files) out of the box, but it also defines a driver interface that allows you to add your own drivers to your project.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require slick/cache
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use a cache driver you simple need to call the `Cache::get()` static method to get an initialized cache driver. Check the following example:

```
use Slick\Cache\Cache;

$cache = Cache::get();
$data = $cache->get('data', false);

if (!$data) {
    $data = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/api/call.json");
    $cache->set('data', $data);
}
```

In this example we are using the default cache driver with default options, to store some expensive API call data.

> **note**
>
> The default driver is Memcached with the following default options:
>
> - `duration => 120`
> - `host => ‘127.0.0.1’`
> - `port => 11211`

### Changing cache expire time

[](#changing-cache-expire-time)

The expire amount of time is always set when you set a value on the cache driver. As mention above, the default is set to 120 seconds. Using the above example, we will set the time expire amount to 3 minutes for the data from our fictitious API call:

```
use Slick\Cache\Cache;

$cache = Cache::get();
$data = $cache->get('data', false);
if (!$data) {
    $data = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/api/call.json");
    // Set expire to 3 minutes
    $cache->set('data', $data, 3*60);
}
```

It is also possible to define a global expire amount of time for all `Cache::set()` like this:

```
use Slick\Cache\Cache;

$cache = Cache::get();
// Set global cache expire to 10 minutes
$cache->duration = 10*60;

$data = $cache->get('data', false);
if (!$data) {
    $data = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/api/call.json");
    // This will use the 10 minutes setting from above
    $cache->set('data', $data);
}
```

### Slick\\Cache\\DriverInterface::set()

[](#slickcachedriverinterfaceset)

Set/stores a value with a given key. If no value is set in the expire parameter the default `Cache::duration` will be used.

```
public DriverInterface DriverInterface::set(string $key, mixed $value [, int $expire = -1])
```

ParametersTypeDescription$keystringThe key where value will be stored$valuemixedThe value to store$expireintThe live time of cache in secondsReturnDescriptionSlick\\Cache\\DriverInterfaceA `DriverInterface` instance for chaining method calls.### Slick\\Cache\\DriverInterface::get()

[](#slickcachedriverinterfaceget)

Retrieves a previously stored value. You can optionally set the value returned in case of cache driver has no value for provided key.

```
public mixed DriverInterface::get(string $key [, mixed $default = false])
```

ParametersTypeDescription$keystringThe key where value was stored$defaultmixedThe value returned if cache driver has no value for provided keyReturnDescriptionmixedThe stored value or the default value if cache driver has no value for provided key### Slick\\Cache\\DriverInterface::erase()

[](#slickcachedriverinterfaceerase)

Erase the value stored with a given key. You can use the “?” and “*" wildcards to delete all matching keys. The "?" means a place holders for one unknown character, the "*” is a place holder for various

```
public DriverInterface DriverInterface::erase(string $key)
```

ParametersTypeDescription$keystringThe key where value was storedReturnDescriptionSlick\\Cache\\DriverInterfaceA `DriverInterface` instance for chaining method calls.> **warning**
>
> The use of “?” and “\*” placeholder is only implemented in the drivers that are provided by Slick cache component. If you create your own cache driver you need to handle the placeholders key search implementation.

> **tip**
>
> If you are implementing your own cache driver and want to have the “?” and “\*” placeholders search you can extend `Slick\Cache\Driver\AbstractDriver` witch uses the `DriverInterface::get()` and `DriverInterface::set()` methods to achieve the wildcards key search feature.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ vendor/bin/phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Slick framework](https://github.com/slickframework)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/slickframework/database/graphs/contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

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

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~38 days

Total

2

Last Release

3693d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/101112?v=4)[fsilva](/maintainers/fsilva)[@fsilva](https://github.com/fsilva)

---

Top Contributors

[![silvamfilipe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5720969?v=4)](https://github.com/silvamfilipe "silvamfilipe (12 commits)")

---

Tags

cachememcachedslick

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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```

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