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Login SubscribeWe have a new toy, I mean service! In GenusController, let's use it: $cache = $this->get('') and start typing markdown. Ah, there's our service!
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| class GenusController extends Controller | |
| { | |
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| public function showAction($genusName) | |
| { | |
| $funFact = 'Octopuses can change the color of their body in just *three-tenths* of a second!'; | |
| $cache = $this->get('doctrine_cache.providers.my_markdown_cache'); | |
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| } | |
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| } |
Here's the goal: make sure the same string doesn't get parsed twice through markdown. To do that, create a $key = md5($funFact);:
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| $cache = $this->get('doctrine_cache.providers.my_markdown_cache'); | |
| $key = md5($funFact); | |
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To use the cache service, add if ($cache->contains($key)). In this case, just set $funFact = $cache->fetch($key);:
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| $cache = $this->get('doctrine_cache.providers.my_markdown_cache'); | |
| $key = md5($funFact); | |
| if ($cache->contains($key)) { | |
| $funFact = $cache->fetch($key); | |
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| } | |
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Else, we're going to need to parse through Markdown.
Let's live dangerously: add a sleep(1); to pretend like our markdown transformation is really taking a long time. Next, parse the fun fact and finish with $cache->save($key, $funFact):
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| if ($cache->contains($key)) { | |
| $funFact = $cache->fetch($key); | |
| } else { | |
| sleep(1); // fake how slow this could be | |
| $funFact = $this->get('markdown.parser') | |
| ->transform($funFact); | |
| $cache->save($key, $funFact); | |
| } | |
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Let's do this! Go back to the browser... and watch closely my friends. Refresh! Things are moving a bit slow. Yep: the web debug toolbar shows us 1048 ms. Refresh again. super fast! Just 41 ms: the cache is working! But... uhh... where is this being cached exactly?
Out of the box, the answer is in var/cache. In the terminal, ls var/cache, then ls var/cache/dev:
ls var/cache/dev/Hey! There's a doctrine directory with cache/file_system inside. There is our cached markdown.
This bundle assumed that this is where we want to cache things. That was really convenient, but clearly, there needs to be a way to control that as well.
Rerun config:dump-reference doctrine_cache:
./bin/console config:dump-reference doctrine_cacheAh, there's a directory key we can use to control things. In the editor, add this new directory key and set it to /tmp/doctrine_cache for now:
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| doctrine_cache: | |
| providers: | |
| my_markdown_cache: | |
| type: file_system | |
| directory: /tmp/doctrine_cache |
Ok, back to the browser team. Refresh! Poseidon's beard, check out that HUGE error! "Unrecognized option 'directory'". Remember, configuration is validated... which means we just messed something up. Oh yea: I see the problem: I need to have file_system and then directory below that. Add file_system above directory and then indent it to make things match:
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| doctrine_cache: | |
| providers: | |
| my_markdown_cache: | |
| type: file_system | |
| file_system: | |
| directory: /tmp/doctrine_cache |
Ok, try this out one more time.
It should be slow the first time... yes! And then super fast the second time. In the terminal, we can even see a /tmp/doctrine_cache/ directory:
ls /tmp/doctrine_cache/Big picture time: bundles give you services, and those services can be controlled in config.yml. Every bundle works a little bit different - but if you understand this basic concept, you're on your way.
// composer.json
{
"require": {
"php": ">=5.5.9",
"symfony/symfony": "3.1.*", // v3.1.4
"doctrine/orm": "^2.5", // v2.7.2
"doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^1.6", // 1.6.4
"doctrine/doctrine-cache-bundle": "^1.2", // 1.3.0
"symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "^2.3", // v2.3.11
"symfony/monolog-bundle": "^2.8", // 2.11.1
"symfony/polyfill-apcu": "^1.0", // v1.2.0
"sensio/distribution-bundle": "^5.0", // v5.0.22
"sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "^3.0.2", // v3.0.16
"incenteev/composer-parameter-handler": "^2.0", // v2.1.2
"composer/package-versions-deprecated": "^1.11", // 1.11.99
"knplabs/knp-markdown-bundle": "^1.4" // 1.4.2
},
"require-dev": {
"sensio/generator-bundle": "^3.0", // v3.0.7
"symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^3.0" // v3.1.3
}
}