Using EE’s cache methods
Development and Programming
Hello,
I wonder if there’s an easy way to cache a query result in a plugin I’ve written? It goes to another website to check an API, so I would like to have a way of caching this result, so that it only checks every 10 mins or so.
I’ve been looking at the Magpie plugin, which has some caching built in, but I wondered if there’s a way of harnessing EE’s built in ability to cache things?
This is different from the $SESS->cache setup, which, of course, only caches things on a particular page load.
Any pointers gratefully received.
Moved to Plugins: Technical Assistance by Moderator
Hi, Paul. This is more of a programming question, so I’m going to move it for you.
There is no conveniently abstracted way to do this, but there are a bunch of plugins out there that already do this. Take a look at the _check_cache and _write_cache methods in this file. They should be pretty easily modified to fit your needs.
Thanks Sue for putting this in the right place, and Pascal for the heads up. Looks perfect.