PHP Fast File Cache

Release Version
[ 2004-05-27 ] PHP FastFileCache 0.1b [ Download ]

• Easy to use - just include two files in your current dynamic page (at top and bottom).
• Caches output data in plain files in a directory of choice
• Timeout setting in seconds-until-old
• Per-file cache timeout override
• Faster than PEAR Cache-Lite
• Implements file-locking to prevent data corruption and unnecessary processing
• Can cache dynamic pages that take parameters to display different data (like article_id=#)
  
• It's FREE of charge ;-)

• PHP 4
• File-locking must be enabled (The flock() function is used)
• Tested with PHP 4.2.2
• Short-tags must be enabled in php.ini!

• The web server must have write permission in a directory on the system. Because of flock()-use in PHP - this directory cannot reside on an NFS mount.

1. Create a cache directory and make it writeable by the web server.
   
   E.g:
   mkdir /tmp/wwwcache
   chown nobody /tmp/wwwcache
   chmod 700 /tmp/wwwcache
   (In this example, the webserver is run as user nobody.)
   
2. Edit cache_begin.php
   1. Set $cache_cacheDirectory if not following the example above (Rembember: with trailing slash '/').
   2. Set $cache_refreshTime variable to your liking.
      
3. See cachetest-simple.php and cachetest-advanced.php for examples of how to use the scripts.

Q: Why are there no FAQ's?
A: Maybe it just works? ;-)

If you want to modify PHP FastFileCache to better suit your needs, just do it :-)
I'd really like to hear from you if you think something is missing/wrong.