function cache_example_form_create_expiring_item

Submit handler to create a new cache item with specified expiration.

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File

cache_example/cache_example.module, line 200

Code

function cache_example_form_create_expiring_item($form, &$form_state) {
    $interval = $form_state['values']['expiration'];
    if ($interval == 'never_remove') {
        $expiration = CACHE_PERMANENT;
        $expiration_friendly = t('Never expires');
    }
    else {
        $expiration = time() + $interval;
        $expiration_friendly = format_date($expiration);
    }
    // Set the expiration to the actual Unix timestamp of the end of the required
    // interval.
    cache_set('cache_example_expiring_item', $expiration_friendly, 'cache', $expiration);
    drupal_set_message(t('cache_example_expiring_item was set to expire at %time', array(
        '%time' => $expiration_friendly,
    )));
}