Posted by robertDouglass on February 6, 2008 at 7:07pm
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| Project: | Memcache API and Integration |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
From Pro Drupal Development
Early Page Cache
In situations requiring a high level of scalability, a caching system may need to be invoked before a database connection is even attempted. The early page cache phase lets you include a PHP file containing a function called page_cache_fastpath(), which takes over and returns content to the browser. The early page cache is enabled by setting the page_cache_fastpath variable to TRUE, and the file to be included is defined by setting the cache_inc variable to the file’s path.
With this and the new sessions code we could run Drupal without any db queries, I think.
Comments
#1
I was thinking about this the other day (as I was putting fastpath_fscache on some server). You're talking about anonymous users here?
#2
@lyricnz: yes... exclusively for serving from cache_page. I think demoing a Drupal site that can serve anons without a db would be soooo coool.
#3
That's what this patch does.
#4
Hello,
a few days ago, I posted some code here:
http://drupal.org/node/230101#comment-1144721
didn't know about this issue being allready posted.
regards
Jonas
#5
This is already realized in cacherouter module. So just copy and join forces!
#6
If this is ever implemented, please wrap the code with
if (!function_exists('page_cache_fastpath')) { ... }so the Authcache module remains compatible with Memcache.#7
Fastpath still exists in D6, so this might still be valid.
Also "I think demoing a Drupal site that can serve anons without a db would be soooo coool.", heh, you can serve authenticated pages from D7 without a db now (or at least you could a year ago).