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[Caching](/categories/caching) 4. / 5. windevalley/laravel-memcached-plus ActiveLibrary[Caching](/categories/caching) windevalley/laravel-memcached-plus ================================== Extends the built-in Laravel 5 Cache Memcached driver adding support for persistent connections, SASL and Memcached options. 2.1.5(11y ago)213MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Mar 4Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/windevalley/laravel-memcached-plus)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/windevalley/laravel-memcached-plus)[ RSS](/packages/windevalley-laravel-memcached-plus/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (10)Used By (0) laravel-memcached-plus ====================== [](#laravel-memcached-plus) Summary ------- [](#summary) 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 5 Cache](http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/cache) memcached driver. 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-app) at the same time. **Update**: [see here](#user-content-integration-with-laravelframework) for details on the PRs I submitted to laravel/framework. 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 (optionally) - `Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider` 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', ], ``` On a fresh install of Laravel 5.0.13 the providers array is on line 111 of `app/config.php`. The `B3IT\MemcachedPlus\SessionServiceProvider` is optional. You only need to add this if: - You want to specify the memcached store to use for sessions, 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 are 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' => [ 'OPT_NO_BLOCK' => true, 'OPT_AUTO_EJECT_HOSTS' => true, 'OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT' => 2000, 'OPT_POLL_TIMEOUT' => 2000, 'OPT_RETRY_TIMEOUT' => 2, ], 'servers' => [ [ 'host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 11211, 'weight' => 100 ], ], ], ], ``` When defining `options` you should set the config key to the `Memcached` constant name as a string. This avoids any issues with local environments missing ext-memcached and throwing a warning about undefined constants. The config keys are automatically resolved into `Memcached` constants by the `MemcachedPlus\MemcachedConnector` which throws a `RuntimeException` if the constant is invalid. 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 `memcached_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 "memcached" session driver, you may specify a cache store | that should be used for these sessions. This should correspond to a | store in your cache configuration options which uses the memcached | driver. | */ 'memcached_store' => 'memcachier', ``` laravel-memcached-plus in action -------------------------------- [](#laravel-memcached-plus-in-action) I created a [demo app](https://github.com/b3it/laravel-memcached-plus-app) for you to see how this package integrates with Laravel 5 and how you could run it on Heroku. Integration with laravel/framework ---------------------------------- [](#integration-with-laravelframework) I submitted 2 PRs to [laravel/framework](https://github.com/laravel/framework) to integrate this package in to the framework itself: - Memcached persistent connections, SASL authentication and custom options: [\#7987](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/7987) and - Memcached Session store configuration [\#7988](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/7988) However @taylorotwell closed them due to lack of tests. When time permits I'm planning to add tests and re-submit, but in the meantime if anyone wishes to contribute them please submit a PR. Support ------- [](#support) Please do let me know if you have any comments or queries. Thanks! ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 52% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity64 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 95.6% 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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