PHP Caching / Cache Tutorial (16)

[briandickson1965]

Excellent screencast. Thanks.

[JREAMdesign]

@briandickson1965 Thanks! Obviously youd want a more robust solution but it gives the idea!

[36206090193]

I don't seem to understand. What happens if new files are created in that folder? It will still display the old cache file? So caching only works with static pages?

[JREAMdesign]

@36206090193 For web sites, caching is basically making a static page (To prevent resource processing on the server). If a new file is created, it should Overwrite the old file. So if you have an index.php file, and you updated it through a CMS a few times, you should only have 1 Cached copy total..

[imonsay89]

Thanks! This really helped me understand caching.

[cheatonly2win]

I made a caching class, I guess I sent you a link through msn, not sure anyway.

Good tutorial, you could use glob() instead of opendir() and readdir()

[JREAMdesign]

@cheatonly2win Yea I know I just wanted to explain it and keep it really basic :P