(PECL apcu >= 5.1.0)
apcu_entry — Atomically fetch or generate a cache entry
Atomically attempts to find key in the cache, if it cannot be found generator
is called, passing key as the only argument. The return value of the call is then cached with the optionally specified
ttl, and returned.
Note: When control enters apcu_entry() the lock for the cache is acquired exclusively, it is released when control leaves apcu_entry(): In effect, this turns the body of
generatorinto a critical section, disallowing two processes from executing the same code paths concurrently. In addition, it prohibits the concurrent execution of any other APCu functions, since they will acquire the same lock.
The only APCu function that can be called safely by generator is apcu_entry().
keyIdentity of cache entry
generator
A callable that accepts key as the only argument and returns the value to cache.
ttl
Time To Live; store var in the cache for
ttl seconds. After the
ttl has passed, the stored variable will be
expunged from the cache (on the next request). If no ttl
is supplied (or if the ttl is
0), the value will persist until it is removed from
the cache manually, or otherwise fails to exist in the cache (clear,
restart, etc.).
Returns the cached value
Example #1 An apcu_entry() example
<?php
$config = apcu_entry("config", function($key) {
return [
"fruit" => apcu_entry("config.fruit", function($key){
return [
"apples",
"pears"
];
}),
"people" => apcu_entry("config.people", function($key){
return [
"bob",
"joe",
"niki"
];
})
];
});
var_dump($config);
?>
The above example will output:
array(2) {
["fruit"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(6) "apples"
[1]=>
string(5) "pears"
}
["people"]=>
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(3) "bob"
[1]=>
string(3) "joe"
[2]=>
string(4) "niki"
}
}