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Yinx · 02-12-2009, 03:25 PM

Instead of using some database, which sounded so complicated and making more connections etc.
I went for a file based caching with the use of ob_start() and ob_end_flush().

PHP Code:


			
<?php
if ($_GET['name']) {
    $cachefile = 'cache/'.$_GET['name'].'.cache'; // different cache file for each member profile
} else {
    $cachefile = 'cache/roster.cache'; // main members page cache file.
}
$cachetime = 24 * 60 * 60; // hold the cache for 1 day before re-fetching data from armory.
if (file_exists($cachefile) && (time() - $cachetime < filemtime($cachefile))) {
    include($cachefile); // if cache is not older than 1 day include the cache file.
    echo "<!-- Cached ".date('jS F Y H:i', filemtime($cachefile))." -->\n";
    exit; // stop continuing the script if cache file is included.
}
ob_start(); // start buffering/caching up.
require_once("header.php");
?>
Your usual HTML and or PHP code here, in other words your dynamic content such as this armory member stuff.
<?php
require_once("footer.php");

$cachefp = fopen($cachefile, 'w');
fwrite($cachefp, ob_get_contents()); //write the buffered/cached data to the cache file.
fclose($cachefp);
ob_end_flush();
?>

Simple but seems to be working :)

02-12-2009, 03:25 PM	#36 (permalink)
Yinx The Wanderer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11 Thanks: 2	Instead of using some database, which sounded so complicated and making more connections etc. I went for a file based caching with the use of ob_start() and ob_end_flush(). PHP Code: <?php if ($_GET['name']) { $cachefile = 'cache/'.$_GET['name'].'.cache'; // different cache file for each member profile } else { $cachefile = 'cache/roster.cache'; // main members page cache file. } $cachetime = 24 * 60 * 60; // hold the cache for 1 day before re-fetching data from armory. if (file_exists($cachefile) && (time() - $cachetime < filemtime($cachefile))) { include($cachefile); // if cache is not older than 1 day include the cache file. echo "<!-- Cached ".date('jS F Y H:i', filemtime($cachefile))." -->\n"; exit; // stop continuing the script if cache file is included. } ob_start(); // start buffering/caching up. require_once("header.php"); ?> Your usual HTML and or PHP code here, in other words your dynamic content such as this armory member stuff. <?php require_once("footer.php"); $cachefp = fopen($cachefile, 'w'); fwrite($cachefp, ob_get_contents()); //write the buffered/cached data to the cache file. fclose($cachefp); ob_end_flush(); ?> Simple but seems to be working :)