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<sect1 id="caching.cacheable">
<title>Controlling Cacheability of Plugins' Output</title>
<para>
Since Smarty-2.6.0 plugins the cacheability of plugins can be
declared when registering them. The third parameter to
<link linkend="api.register.block"><varname>register_block()</varname></link>,
<link linkend="api.register.compiler.function">
<varname>register_compiler_function()</varname></link> and <link
linkend="api.register.function"><varname>register_function()</varname></link>
is called <parameter>$cacheable</parameter> and defaults to &true; which
is also the behaviour of plugins in Smarty versions before 2.6.0
</para>
<para>
When registering a plugin with <literal>$cacheable=false</literal> the plugin
is called everytime the page is displayed, even if the page comes
from the cache. The plugin function behaves a little like an
<link linkend="plugins.inserts"><varname>{insert}</varname></link> function.
</para>
<para>
In contrast to <link linkend="plugins.inserts"><varname>{insert}</varname>
</link>
the attributes to the plugins are not cached by default. They can be
declared to be cached with the fourth parameter
<parameter>$cache_attrs</parameter>. <parameter>$cache_attrs</parameter>
is an array of attribute-names that should be cached, so the
plugin-function get value as it was the time the page was written
to cache everytime it is fetched from the cache.
</para>
<example>
<title>Preventing a plugin's output from being cached</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$smarty->caching = true;
function remaining_seconds($params, &$smarty) {
$remain = $params['endtime'] - time();
if($remain >= 0){
return $remain . ' second(s)';
}else{
return 'done';
}
}
$smarty->register_function('remaining', 'remaining_seconds', false, array('endtime'));
if (!$smarty->is_cached('index.tpl')) {
// fetch $obj from db and assign...
$smarty->assign_by_ref('obj', $obj);
}
$smarty->display('index.tpl');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
where <filename>index.tpl</filename> is:
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
Time Remaining: {remaining endtime=$obj->endtime}
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
The number of seconds till the endtime of <literal>$obj</literal> is reached
changes on each display of the page, even if the page is cached. Since the
endtime attribute is cached the object only has to be pulled from the
database when page is written to the cache but not on subsequent requests
of the page.
</para>
</example>
<example>
<title>Preventing a whole passage of a template from being cached</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
index.php:
<?php
$smarty->caching = 1;
function smarty_block_dynamic($param, $content, &$smarty) {
return $content;
}
$smarty->register_block('dynamic', 'smarty_block_dynamic', false);
$smarty->display('index.tpl');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
where <filename>index.tpl</filename> is:
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
Page created: {'0'|date_format:'%D %H:%M:%S'}
{dynamic}
Now is: {'0'|date_format:'%D %H:%M:%S'}
... do other stuff ...
{/dynamic}
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>
When reloading the page you will notice that both dates differ. One
is <quote>dynamic</quote> one is <quote>static</quote>. You can do everything
between <literal>{dynamic}...{/dynamic}</literal> and be sure it will not
be cached like the rest of the page.
</para>
</sect1>
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