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function cache_clear_all in Drupal 6

Same name in this branch
  1. 6 includes/cache.inc \cache_clear_all()
  2. 6 includes/cache-install.inc \cache_clear_all()
Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4 includes/bootstrap.inc \cache_clear_all()
  2. 5 includes/cache.inc \cache_clear_all()
  3. 7 includes/cache.inc \cache_clear_all()

Expire data from the cache. If called without arguments, expirable entries will be cleared from the cache_page and cache_block tables.

Parameters

$cid: If set, the cache ID to delete. Otherwise, all cache entries that can expire are deleted.

$table: If set, the table $table to delete from. Mandatory argument if $cid is set.

$wildcard: If $wildcard is TRUE, cache IDs starting with $cid are deleted in addition to the exact cache ID specified by $cid. If $wildcard is TRUE and $cid is '*' then the entire table $table is emptied.

52 calls to cache_clear_all()
aggregator_refresh in modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
Checks a news feed for new items.
block_add_block_form_submit in modules/block/block.admin.inc
Save the new custom block.
block_admin_configure_submit in modules/block/block.admin.inc
block_admin_display_form_submit in modules/block/block.admin.inc
Process main blocks administration form submission.
block_box_delete_submit in modules/block/block.admin.inc
Deletion of custom blocks.

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2 string references to 'cache_clear_all'
menu_cache_clear in includes/menu.inc
Clears the cached cached data for a single named menu.
_menu_clear_page_cache in includes/menu.inc
Helper function to clear the page and block caches at most twice per page load.

File

includes/cache.inc, line 136

Code

function cache_clear_all($cid = NULL, $table = NULL, $wildcard = FALSE) {
  global $user;
  if (!isset($cid) && !isset($table)) {

    // Clear the block cache first, so stale data will
    // not end up in the page cache.
    cache_clear_all(NULL, 'cache_block');
    cache_clear_all(NULL, 'cache_page');
    return;
  }
  if (empty($cid)) {
    if (variable_get('cache_lifetime', 0)) {

      // We store the time in the current user's $user->cache variable which
      // will be saved into the sessions table by sess_write(). We then
      // simulate that the cache was flushed for this user by not returning
      // cached data that was cached before the timestamp.
      $user->cache = time();
      $cache_flush = variable_get('cache_flush_' . $table, 0);
      if ($cache_flush == 0) {

        // This is the first request to clear the cache, start a timer.
        variable_set('cache_flush_' . $table, time());
      }
      else {
        if (time() > $cache_flush + variable_get('cache_lifetime', 0)) {

          // Clear the cache for everyone, cache_lifetime seconds have
          // passed since the first request to clear the cache.
          db_query("DELETE FROM {" . $table . "} WHERE expire != %d AND expire < %d", CACHE_PERMANENT, time());
          variable_set('cache_flush_' . $table, 0);
        }
      }
    }
    else {

      // No minimum cache lifetime, flush all temporary cache entries now.
      db_query("DELETE FROM {" . $table . "} WHERE expire != %d AND expire < %d", CACHE_PERMANENT, time());
    }
  }
  else {
    if ($wildcard) {
      if ($cid == '*') {
        db_query("TRUNCATE TABLE {" . $table . "}");
      }
      else {
        db_query("DELETE FROM {" . $table . "} WHERE cid LIKE '%s%%'", $cid);
      }
    }
    else {
      db_query("DELETE FROM {" . $table . "} WHERE cid = '%s'", $cid);
    }
  }
}