function cache_example_page_form

Main page for cache_example.

Displays a page/form which outlines how Drupal's cache works.

Related topics

1 string reference to 'cache_example_page_form'
cache_example_menu in cache_example/cache_example.module
Implements hook_menu().

File

cache_example/cache_example.module, line 51

Code

function cache_example_page_form($form, &$form_state) {
    // Log execution time.
    $start_time = microtime(TRUE);
    // Try to load the files count from cache. This function will accept two
    // arguments:
    // - cache object name (cid)
    // - cache bin, the (optional) cache bin (most often a database table) where
    //   the object is to be saved.
    //
    // cache_get() returns the cached object or FALSE if object does not exist.
    if ($cache = cache_get('cache_example_files_count')) {
        
        /*
         * Get cached data. Complex data types will be unserialized automatically.
         */
        $files_count = $cache->data;
    }
    else {
        // If there was no cached data available we have to search filesystem.
        // Recursively get all files from Drupal's folder.
        $files_count = count(file_scan_directory('.', '/.*/'));
        // Since we have recalculated, we now need to store the new data into cache.
        // Complex data types will be automatically serialized before being saved
        // into cache.
        // Here we use the default setting and create an unexpiring cache item.
        // See below for an example that creates an expiring cache item.
        cache_set('cache_example_files_count', $files_count);
    }
    $end_time = microtime(TRUE);
    $duration = $end_time - $start_time;
    // Format intro message.
    $intro_message = '<p>' . t('This example will search the entire drupal folder and display a count of the files in it.') . ' ';
    $intro_message .= t('This can take a while, since there are a lot of files to be searched.') . ' ';
    $intro_message .= t('We will search filesystem just once and save output to the cache. We will use cached data for later requests.') . '</p>';
    $intro_message .= '<p>' . t('<a href="@url">Reload this page</a> to see cache in action.', array(
        '@url' => request_uri(),
    )) . ' ';
    $intro_message .= t('You can use the button below to remove cached data.') . '</p>';
    $form['file_search'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('File search caching'),
    );
    $form['file_search']['introduction'] = array(
        '#markup' => $intro_message,
    );
    $color = empty($cache) ? 'red' : 'green';
    $retrieval = empty($cache) ? t('calculated by traversing the filesystem') : t('retrieved from cache');
    $form['file_search']['statistics'] = array(
        '#type' => 'item',
        '#markup' => t('%count files exist in this Drupal installation; @retrieval in @time ms. <br/>(Source: <span style="color:@color;">@source</span>)', array(
            '%count' => $files_count,
            '@retrieval' => $retrieval,
            '@time' => number_format($duration * 1000, 2),
            '@color' => $color,
            '@source' => empty($cache) ? t('actual file search') : t('cached'),
        )),
    );
    $form['file_search']['remove_file_count'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#submit' => array(
            'cache_example_form_expire_files',
        ),
        '#value' => t('Explicitly remove cached file count'),
    );
    $form['expiration_demo'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('Cache expiration settings'),
    );
    $form['expiration_demo']['explanation'] = array(
        '#markup' => t('A cache item can be set as CACHE_PERMANENT, meaning that it will only be removed when explicitly cleared, or it can have an expiration time (a Unix timestamp).'),
    );
    $expiring_item = cache_get('cache_example_expiring_item');
    $item_status = $expiring_item ? t('Cache item exists and is set to expire at %time', array(
        '%time' => $expiring_item->data,
    )) : t('Cache item does not exist');
    $form['expiration_demo']['current_status'] = array(
        '#type' => 'item',
        '#title' => t('Current status of cache item "cache_example_expiring_item"'),
        '#markup' => $item_status,
    );
    $form['expiration_demo']['expiration'] = array(
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#title' => t('Time before cache expiration'),
        '#options' => array(
            'never_remove' => t('CACHE_PERMANENT'),
            -10 => t('Immediate expiration'),
            10 => t('10 seconds from form submission'),
            60 => t('1 minute from form submission'),
            300 => t('5 minutes from form submission'),
        ),
        '#default_value' => -10,
        '#description' => t('Any cache item can be set to only expire when explicitly cleared, or to expire at a given time.'),
    );
    $form['expiration_demo']['create_cache_item'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => t('Create a cache item with this expiration'),
        '#submit' => array(
            'cache_example_form_create_expiring_item',
        ),
    );
    $form['cache_clearing'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('Expire and remove options'),
        '#description' => t("We have APIs to expire cached items and also to just remove them. Unfortunately, they're all the same API, cache_clear_all"),
    );
    $form['cache_clearing']['cache_clear_type'] = array(
        '#type' => 'radios',
        '#title' => t('Type of cache clearing to do'),
        '#options' => array(
            'expire' => t('Remove items from the "cache" bin that have expired'),
            'remove_all' => t('Remove all items from the "cache" bin regardless of expiration (super-wildcard)'),
            'remove_wildcard' => t('Remove all items from the "cache" bin that match the pattern "cache_example"'),
        ),
        '#default_value' => 'expire',
    );
    // Submit button to clear cached data.
    $form['cache_clearing']['clear_expired'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => t('Clear or expire cache'),
        '#submit' => array(
            'cache_example_form_cache_clearing',
        ),
        '#access' => user_access('administer site configuration'),
    );
    return $form;
}