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``cache``
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
The ``cache`` tag was added in Twig 3.2.
The ``cache`` tag tells Twig to cache a template fragment:
.. code-block:: twig
{% cache "cache key" %}
Cached forever (depending on the cache implementation)
{% endcache %}
If you want to expire the cache after a certain amount of time, specify an
expiration in seconds via the ``ttl()`` modifier:
.. code-block:: twig
{% cache "cache key" ttl(300) %}
Cached for 300 seconds
{% endcache %}
The cache key can be any string that does not use the following reserved
characters ``{}()/\@:``; a good practice is to embed some useful information in
the key that allows the cache to automatically expire when it must be
refreshed:
* Give each cache a unique name and namespace it like your templates;
* Embed an integer that you increment whenever the template code changes (to
automatically invalidate all current caches);
* Embed a unique key that is updated whenever the variables used in the
template code changes.
For instance, I would use ``{% cache "blog_post;v1;" ~ post.id ~ ";" ~
post.updated_at %}`` to cache a blog content template fragment where
``blog_post`` describes the template fragment, ``v1`` represents the first
version of the template code, ``post.id`` represent the id of the blog post,
and ``post.updated_at`` returns a timestamp that represents the time where the
blog post was last modified.
Using such a strategy for naming cache keys allows to avoid using a ``ttl``.
It's like using a "validation" strategy instead of an "expiration" strategy as
we do for HTTP caches.
If your cache implementation supports tags, you can also tag your cache items:
.. code-block:: twig
{% cache "cache key" tags('blog') %}
Some code
{% endcache %}
{% cache "cache key" tags(['cms', 'blog']) %}
Some code
{% endcache %}
The ``cache`` tag creates a new "scope" for variables, meaning that the changes
are local to the template fragment:
.. code-block:: twig
{% set count = 1 %}
{% cache "cache key" tags('blog') %}
{# Won't affect the value of count outside of the cache tag #}
{% set count = 2 %}
Some code
{% endcache %}
{# Displays 1 #}
{{ count }}
.. note::
The ``cache`` tag is part of the ``CacheExtension`` which is not installed
by default. Install it first:
.. code-block:: bash
$ composer require twig/cache-extra
On Symfony projects, you can automatically enable it by installing the
``twig/extra-bundle``:
.. code-block:: bash
$ composer require twig/extra-bundle
Or add the extension explicitly on the Twig environment::
use Twig\Extra\Cache\CacheExtension;
$twig = new \Twig\Environment(...);
$twig->addExtension(new CacheExtension());
If you are not using Symfony, you must also register the extension runtime::
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\FilesystemAdapter;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\TagAwareAdapter;
use Twig\Extra\Cache\CacheRuntime;
use Twig\RuntimeLoader\RuntimeLoaderInterface;
$twig->addRuntimeLoader(new class implements RuntimeLoaderInterface {
public function load($class) {
if (CacheRuntime::class === $class) {
return new CacheRuntime(new TagAwareAdapter(new FilesystemAdapter()));
}
}
});