Hi, I am connecting an API which provides values that are intended to instruct the consumer on how long to cache a result for. Different API calls have different cache times (and these cache times may be variable, so setting up a config for each possible outcome is out of the question).
Essentially there is a callTime and a cacheTime value in the response - callTime is the server timestamp that the data was retrieved, and cacheTime is the server timestamp that I am expected to wait until I make the next call. Now, I can easily perform some date math here to figure out the cache time and plug it into cache::set before writing my local cache - but whilst reading the caching documentation on the subject I discovered this: *If you use Cache::set() to change the settings for a write, you should also use Cache::set() before reading the data back in. If you fail to do so, the default settings will be used when the cache key is read.:* How does one get around this? I cannot "know" the cache duration until *after* I have read the value - and if the default is used there is a good chance that the value will be prematurely garbage collected. If I set the default value to an obscenely long time (upwards of 24 hours), then I run the risk that the cache will *never* be garbage collected. Do I need to store a "key map" somewhere that describes the cache time values so I can look them up? or is there a way to inspect the cache time before reading the value? -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en.
