Block Caching in Drupal 7

Constants that define each block's caching state.

Modules specify how their blocks can be cached in their hook_block_info() implementations. Caching can be turned off (DRUPAL_NO_CACHE), managed by the module declaring the block (DRUPAL_CACHE_CUSTOM), or managed by the core Block module. If the Block module is managing the cache, you can specify that the block is the same for every page and user (DRUPAL_CACHE_GLOBAL), or that it can change depending on the page (DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_PAGE) or by user (DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_ROLE or DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_USER). Page and user settings can be combined with a bitwise-binary or operator; for example, DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_ROLE | DRUPAL_CACHE_PER_PAGE means that the block can change depending on the user role or page it is on.

The block cache is cleared in cache_clear_all(), and uses the same clearing policy than page cache (node, comment, user, taxonomy added or updated...). Blocks requiring more fine-grained clearing might consider disabling the built-in block cache (DRUPAL_NO_CACHE) and roll their own.

Note that user 1 is excluded from block caching.

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Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Constants