11.6. Caching
PEAR offers two different packages for caching: Cache and Cache_Lite. As suggested by the name, Cache_Lite has a lighter design than Cache, and is designed to be faster at the expense of some flexibility and functionality.
11.6.1. Cache_Lite
The Cache_Lite package offers simple, fast, file-based caching. It is restricted to caching in files for speed and simplicity. Cache_Lite provides three types of caching:
Generic caching of any data
Caching of PHP output
Caching of function return values
The idea behind Cache_Lite is that you only need to load the Cache_Lite class to use it. It does not load the PEAR class unless needed in a raiseError() call, and not many other classes. If you are not using a PHP code cache, this package avoids ...
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