php-fig/cache

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The PSR-6 Caching Interface package from PHP-FIG, providing standard PHP interfaces for cache pools and cache items. It contains no implementation itself, only the contracts that caching libraries implement and applications consume.

Use cases

• standardize cache usage across PHP libraries
• swap cache backends without changing application code
• write a PSR-6 compliant cache implementation
• type-hint against a common caching interface
• decouple framework code from specific cache vendors

When to choose

• you are building a PHP library and want interoperable caching via a standard interface
• you need to implement or consume PSR-6 cache contracts
• you want vendor-agnostic caching in a framework-agnostic package

When to avoid

• you need an actual working cache backend like Redis or Memcached
• your project uses PSR-16 simple cache instead of PSR-6
• you are not working in PHP

Facets

library · maturity stable

caching developer-tools web-development backend php psr-6 psr interfaces standards cache-interfaces

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