# sfPropelCacheableBehaviorPlugin

A behavior and set of functions to cache Propel 1.2 objects (will not work with Propel 1.3).
Requires sfCacheBackportPlugin.

The goal is to have an always up-to-date cache while writing a minimum ammount of code.

## Basic configuration
Install sfCacheBackportPlugin.

Add in your app.yml (adapt it to your own usage):
    all:
      propel_behavior_cacheable:
        enabled: true
        classes: [ sfMemcacheCacheBackport ]
        options:
          prefix: object_cache
          lifetime: 3600
        unique_instances: true

Note: you can change these ``classes`` and ``options`` settings for each classes,
these are only default settings.

## Simple (and shortest) example

In Penguin.php:

    class Penguin
    {
    }
    sfPropelBehavior::add('Penguin', array('cacheable'=>array()));
    
  Or if you want to change an option:
    sfPropelBehavior::add('Penguin', array('cacheable'=>array('options'=>array('lifetime'=>86400))));

In PenguinPeer.php
    
    class PenguinPeer:
    {
      public static function retrieveByPK($pk, $con = null)
      { 
        
        return sfPropelCacheTools::cacheSingleResult(
          Propel::import(self::getOMClass()),
          $pk,
          array(__CLASS__, 'retrieveByPKfromDB'),
          array($pk, $con)
        );
      }

      public static function retrieveByPKfromDB($pk, $con = null)
      {

        return parent::retrieveByPK($pk, $con);
      }
    }

And that's it. Every retrieveByPK() is cached, and always up to date.

## Other uses (detailled examples to come)

* Cleaning up objects before caching
* Storing related objects; clear the parent object when a related object is modified. (with the ``in_cacheable`` behavior)
* Automatically setting and updating slug to ID entries
* doSelectFromCache / doCachedCount
* I18N handling (fetch all the related I18Ns before, set the current language after getting the object from the cache)
* Disallowing an object to be cached or having a different lifetime by overloading the behavior's methods