class Cache in Drupal 8

Helper methods for cache.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Cache\Cache

Related topics

Cache API

Information about the Drupal Cache API

216 files declare their use of Cache

AccessResult.php in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php

AccessResultTest.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php

Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\Access\AccessResultTest.

AccessRoleTest.php in core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/Views/AccessRoleTest.php

AggregatorFeedBlock.php in core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/Block/AggregatorFeedBlock.php

AliasPathProcessorTest.php in core/modules/path_alias/tests/src/Unit/PathProcessor/AliasPathProcessorTest.php

... See full list

1 string reference to 'Cache'

core.entity.schema.yml in core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml

core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/Cache.php, line 13

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Cache

class Cache {

  /**
   * Indicates that the item should never be removed unless explicitly deleted.
   */
  const PERMANENT = CacheBackendInterface::CACHE_PERMANENT;

  /**
   * Merges arrays of cache contexts and removes duplicates.
   *
   * @param array $a
   *   Cache contexts array to merge.
   * @param array $b
   *   Cache contexts array to merge.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   The merged array of cache contexts.
   */
  public static function mergeContexts(array $a = [], array $b = []) {
    $cache_contexts = array_unique(array_merge($a, $b));
    assert(\Drupal::service('cache_contexts_manager')
      ->assertValidTokens($cache_contexts));
    sort($cache_contexts);
    return $cache_contexts;
  }

  /**
   * Merges arrays of cache tags and removes duplicates.
   *
   * The cache tags array is returned in a format that is valid for
   * \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface::set().
   *
   * When caching elements, it is necessary to collect all cache tags into a
   * single array, from both the element itself and all child elements. This
   * allows items to be invalidated based on all tags attached to the content
   * they're constituted from.
   *
   * @param array $a
   *   Cache tags array to merge.
   * @param array $b
   *   Cache tags array to merge.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   The merged array of cache tags.
   */
  public static function mergeTags(array $a = [], array $b = []) {
    assert(Inspector::assertAllStrings($a) && Inspector::assertAllStrings($b), 'Cache tags must be valid strings');
    $cache_tags = array_unique(array_merge($a, $b));
    sort($cache_tags);
    return $cache_tags;
  }

  /**
   * Merges max-age values (expressed in seconds), finds the lowest max-age.
   *
   * Ensures infinite max-age (Cache::PERMANENT) is taken into account.
   *
   * @param int $a
   *   Max age value to merge.
   * @param int $b
   *   Max age value to merge.
   *
   * @return int
   *   The minimum max-age value.
   */
  public static function mergeMaxAges($a = Cache::PERMANENT, $b = Cache::PERMANENT) {

    // If one of the values is Cache::PERMANENT, return the other value.
    if ($a === Cache::PERMANENT) {
      return $b;
    }
    if ($b === Cache::PERMANENT) {
      return $a;
    }

    // If none or the values are Cache::PERMANENT, return the minimum value.
    return min($a, $b);
  }

  /**
   * Validates an array of cache tags.
   *
   * Can be called before using cache tags in operations, to ensure validity.
   *
   * @param string[] $tags
   *   An array of cache tags.
   *
   * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use
   *   assert(\Drupal\Component\Assertion\Inspector::assertAllStrings($tags))
   *   instead.
   *
   * @throws \LogicException
   */
  public static function validateTags(array $tags) {
    @trigger_error(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\Cache::validateTags() is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use assert(\\Drupal\\Component\\Assertion\\Inspector::assertAllStrings($tags)) instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
    if (empty($tags)) {
      return;
    }
    foreach ($tags as $value) {
      if (!is_string($value)) {
        throw new \LogicException('Cache tags must be strings, ' . gettype($value) . ' given.');
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Build an array of cache tags from a given prefix and an array of suffixes.
   *
   * Each suffix will be converted to a cache tag by appending it to the prefix,
   * with a colon between them.
   *
   * @param string $prefix
   *   A prefix string.
   * @param array $suffixes
   *   An array of suffixes. Will be cast to strings.
   * @param string $glue
   *   A string to be used as glue for concatenation. Defaults to a colon.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   An array of cache tags.
   */
  public static function buildTags($prefix, array $suffixes, $glue = ':') {
    $tags = [];
    foreach ($suffixes as $suffix) {
      $tags[] = $prefix . $glue . $suffix;
    }
    return $tags;
  }

  /**
   * Marks cache items from all bins with any of the specified tags as invalid.
   *
   * @param string[] $tags
   *   The list of tags to invalidate cache items for.
   */
  public static function invalidateTags(array $tags) {
    \Drupal::service('cache_tags.invalidator')
      ->invalidateTags($tags);
  }

  /**
   * Gets all cache bin services.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface[]
   *   An array of cache backend objects keyed by cache bins.
   */
  public static function getBins() {
    $bins = [];
    $container = \Drupal::getContainer();
    foreach ($container
      ->getParameter('cache_bins') as $service_id => $bin) {
      $bins[$bin] = $container
        ->get($service_id);
    }
    return $bins;
  }

  /**
   * Generates a hash from a query object, to be used as part of the cache key.
   *
   * This smart caching strategy saves Drupal from querying and rendering to
   * HTML when the underlying query is unchanged.
   *
   * Expensive queries should use the query builder to create the query and then
   * call this function. Executing the query and formatting results should
   * happen in a #pre_render callback.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\SelectInterface $query
   *   A select query object.
   *
   * @return string
   *   A hash of the query arguments.
   */
  public static function keyFromQuery(SelectInterface $query) {
    $query
      ->preExecute();
    $keys = [
      (string) $query,
      $query
        ->getArguments(),
    ];
    return hash('sha256', serialize($keys));
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
Cache::buildTags	public static	function	Build an array of cache tags from a given prefix and an array of suffixes.
Cache::getBins	public static	function	Gets all cache bin services.
Cache::invalidateTags	public static	function	Marks cache items from all bins with any of the specified tags as invalid.
Cache::keyFromQuery	public static	function	Generates a hash from a query object, to be used as part of the cache key.
Cache::mergeContexts	public static	function	Merges arrays of cache contexts and removes duplicates.
Cache::mergeMaxAges	public static	function	Merges max-age values (expressed in seconds), finds the lowest max-age.
Cache::mergeTags	public static	function	Merges arrays of cache tags and removes duplicates.
Cache::PERMANENT		constant	Indicates that the item should never be removed unless explicitly deleted.
Cache::validateTags Deprecated	public static	function	Validates an array of cache tags.