Question

I am using CakePHP 1.3 and Caching most of my elements. From what I read, Cake is supposed to clear the cache when a new post is created. However, it is not working for me automatically?

I typically use a plugin to clear the cache or I do this manually thru FTP.

Anyone has a suggestion for me that would make my life easier by having cake perform this for me AUTOMAGICALLY?

thanks,

Answer 1

I believe CakePHP clears cache in the following manner:

1. If there is an element ie. articles_most_viewed.ctp and it is called from within articles index.ctp file, then Cake will clear that respective element during an add, edit, delete action.
2. However, if there is an element ie. frontpage_lastest_articles.ctp and it is only called in pages/display.ctp file (frontpage), then CakePHP will not clear that element since it is not being called from within the affected/changed model/view, in this case articles model/controller/view.

I havent figure out how to better approach this issue, if there is a better way. However, my quick fix is to call clearCache() in my admin_add.ctp, admin_edit.ctp and admin_delete.ctp files as such:

...
function admin_add(){
    ...
    if (!empty($this->data)) {
        if ($this->Article->save($this->data)) {
            // I call the following function to clear my entire Cache directory
            // after this action is successfully processed
            // ===========================================
            clearCache();
            // ===========================================
            $this->Session->setFlash('Your post has been saved.');
            $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
        }
    }
}

There might be a better way to handle this, but this is my solution for now. I would be glad to know if there is a better/automagic solution.