README.md

Automatically cache Laravel Eloquent models by queries

Easy and automatic select-query caching for your Eloquent models!

• Get cached query results and reduce your database load automatically
• Configure TTL, prefixes, unique-queries etc.
• No manual cache calls needed
• Automated cache flush in case of updates, inserts or deletions

You can make any Eloquent model cacheable by adding the trait

...
use ElipZis\Cacheable\Models\Traits\Cacheable;
...

class YourModel extends Model {

    use Cacheable;
    ... 

and leverage the power of a Redis, memcached or other caches.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require elipzis/laravel-cacheable-model

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="cacheable-model-config"

This is the contents of the published config file:

    //Default values for the Cacheable trait - Can be overridden per model
    return [
        //How long should cache last in general?
        'ttl' => 300,
        //By what should cache entries be prefixed?
        'prefix' => 'cacheable',
        //What is the identifying, unique column name?
        'identifier' => 'id',
        //Do you need logging?
        'logging' => [
            'channel' => null, //Which channel should be used?
            'enabled' => false,
            'level' => 'debug',
        ],
    ];

Usage

Make your model cacheable by adding the trait:

...
use ElipZis\Cacheable\Models\Traits\Cacheable;
...

class YourModel extends Model {

    use Cacheable;
    ... 

and then just use your normal model query, for example

YourModel::query()->get();

YourModel::query()->where('field', 'test')->first();

YourModel::query()->insert([...]);

The package overrides the QueryBuilder and scans for the same queries to capture and return the cached values.

You do not need to do anything else but just use your model as you would and leverage the power of cached entries!

Configuration

The following configuration can be overridden per model

public function getCacheableProperties(): array {
    return [
        'ttl' => 300,
        'prefix' => 'cacheable',
        'identifier' => 'id',
        'logging' => [
            'channel' => 'anotherChannel',
            'enabled' => false,
            'level' => 'debug',
        ],
    ];
}

Disable cache

Depending on your cache and database performance, you might like to retrieve a query without caching sometimes:

YourModel::query()->withoutCache()->get();

Flush cache

If your data is updated outside of this package, you can flush it yourself by calling:

YourModel::query()->flushCache();

Note on using caching

This package overrides the native QueryBuilder and is capturing every database query, therefore it imposes a load and performance burden.

If you use caching intensively on a model, this package and its use can help. If an entity is permanently changing, it won't make sense to make it Cacheable.

It is recommended to only make models Cacheable which have a reasonable caching time in your system. Do not use the trait on any other or all models out of the box, but think about where it makes sense.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• elipZis GmbH
• NeA
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.