hey

these Cache APIs/backends work fully with Cache Backport:
- File Cache (D7, no patch required) - sucessor to fastpath_fscache and Cache Router
- APC - Alternative PHP Cache (D7, no patch required) - sucessor to Cache Router
- Memcache API and Integration (D7, patch required)

these Cache APIs/backends don't work yet fully with Cache Backport:
- Database / DBTNG (buggy, supplied with Cache Backport)

Configuration snippet (based on my work with Cache Router, Memcache API and AuthCache):

/**
* Cache settings: Cache Backport (cache_backport)
*
* Cache API backport from Drupal 7, running on file, db, apc, xcache or memcache engines.
*/
$module_cache_backport_enabled = FALSE; // change to TRUE to enable
$module_cache_backport_default = TRUE; // change to FALSE to specify subdomain
$module_cache_backport_inc = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/cache.inc';
if ( $module_cache_backport_enabled == TRUE ) {
 if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_inc) ) {
  if ( $module_cache_backport_default == TRUE ) {
      $module_cache_backport_domain = 'default';
  } else {
      $module_cache_backport_domain = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
  }
  $conf['cache_inc'] = $module_cache_backport_inc;
  // DBTNG :: DrupalDatabaseCache (DON'T USE! BUGGY!)
  //$conf['cache_backends'][] = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/database.inc';
  // File Cache :: DrupalFileCache
  $conf['cache_backends'][] = './sites/all/modules/filecache_d7/filecache.inc';
  // APC :: DrupalAPCCache
  $conf['cache_backends'][] = './sites/all/modules/apc_d7/drupal_apc_cache.inc';
  // Memcache :: MemCacheDrupal
  //$conf['cache_backends'][] = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache.inc';
  // Cache bins:
  $conf['cache_default_class'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_cache'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';
  $conf['cache_class_block'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_bootstrap'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';
  $conf['cache_class_content'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_filter'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';
  $conf['cache_class_form'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';
  $conf['cache_class_menu'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_page'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  //$conf['cache_class_pathdst'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  //$conf['cache_class_pathsrc'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  //$conf['cache_class_uc_price'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_update'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_views'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  $conf['cache_class_views_data'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';
  //$conf['cache_session'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  //$conf['cache_users'] = 'DrupalFileCache';
  // Extra settings:
  $conf['filecache_directory'] = './sites/' . $module_cache_backport_domain . '/files/filecache';
  //$conf['session_inc'] = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache-session.inc';
  $conf['memcache_servers'] = array(
    '127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default',
  );
  $conf['memcache_bins'] = array(
    'cache' => 'default',
    'cache_block' => 'default',
    'cache_bootstrap' => 'default',
    'cache_content' => 'default',
    'cache_filter' => 'default',
    'cache_form' => 'default',
    'cache_menu' => 'default',
    'cache_page' => 'default',
    'cache_pathdst' => 'default',
    'cache_pathsrc' => 'default',
    'cache_uc_price' => 'default',
    'cache_update' => 'default',
    'cache_views' => 'default',
    'cache_views_data' => 'default',
    'session' => 'default',
    'users' => 'default',
  );
 }
}
  • Cache Router (cacherouter): #945650 (under review)
  • Authenticated User Page Caching (authcache): #945656 (under review)
  • Memcache API and Integration (memcache): #1098730 (under review)
  • Comments

    pounard’s picture

    Thanks for this hard work! You are my savior :)
    I updated the module description by adding results of your tests, and I'll start investigating the DBTNG module potential incompatibilities as soon as we resolved your gzip issue.

    Thanks again.

    pounard’s picture

    Status: Needs review » Postponed
    lpalgarvio’s picture

    supplied database engine seems now fixed as of alpha4

    lpalgarvio’s picture

    the $conf['memcache_servers'] and $conf['memcache_bins'] config is still required on D7, to set which memcache servers cache what.
    the $conf['cache_class_****'] only specifies which cache engine deals with which tables.

    taken from README.txt in Memcache 7.x-1.x-dev:

    Here is an example configuration that has two clusters, 'default' and
    'cluster2'. Five memcached instances are divided up between the two
    clusters. 'cache_filter' and 'cache_menu' bins goe to 'cluster2'. All other
    bins go to 'default'.
    
    include_once('./includes/cache.inc');
    include_once('./sites/all/modules/memcache/memcache.inc');
    $conf = array(
      'cache_default_class' = 'MemCacheDrupal',
      'memcache_servers' => array('localhost:11211' => 'default',
                                  'localhost:11212' => 'default',
                                  '123.45.67.890:11211' => 'default',
                                  '123.45.67.891:11211' => 'cluster2',
                                  '123.45.67.892:11211' => 'cluster2'),
    
      'memcache_bins' => array('cache' => 'default',
                               'cache_filter' => 'cluster2',
                               'cache_menu' => 'cluster2'),
    );
    
    pounard’s picture

    When reading the code, it seems that if servers is omitted, memcache uses localhost:11211, which is the default. Bins is mandatory if you have one or more servers, but it seems that all will use 'default' if you don't specify it.

    lpalgarvio’s picture

    default version:

    <?php
    
    /**
    * Cache settings: Cache Backport (cache_backport)
    *
    * Cache API backport from Drupal 7, running on file, db, apc, xcache or memcache engines.
    */
    $module_cache_backport_enabled = FALSE; // change to TRUE to enable
    $module_cache_backport_default = TRUE;  // change to FALSE to detect subdomain
    $module_cache_backport_inc     = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/cache.inc';
    // Conditional loading
    if ( $module_cache_backport_enabled == TRUE ) {
      // Set domain/subdomain
      if ( $module_cache_backport_default == TRUE ) {
          $module_cache_backport_domain = 'default';
      } else {
          $module_cache_backport_domain = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
      }
      // Define cache engines:
      $module_cache_backport_database             = TRUE;  // set TRUE to enable Database (DrupalDatabaseCache)
      $module_cache_backport_database_inc         = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/database.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_filecache            = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable File Cache (DrupalFileCache)
      $module_cache_backport_filecache_inc        = './sites/all/modules/filecache_d7/filecache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_apc                  = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable APC (DrupalAPCCache)
      $module_cache_backport_apc_inc              = './sites/all/modules/apc_d7/drupal_apc_cache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache             = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable Memcache (MemCacheDrupal)
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_inc         = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_db          = FALSE; // do not use yet
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_db_inc      = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache.db.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_session     = FALSE; // do not use yet
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache-session.inc';
      // Load Include files
      if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_inc) ) $conf['cache_inc'] = $module_cache_backport_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_database == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_database_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_database_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_filecache == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_filecache_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_filecache_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_apc == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_apc_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_apc_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache_database == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_database_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_database_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache_session == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc) ) $conf['session_inc'] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc;
      // Define cache bins (defaults):
      $conf['cache_default_class']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // default, any/any/any, select memcache, apc, file or db
      //$conf['cache_class_bootstrap']  = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // bootstrap, all/every/medium, select apc > db
      $conf['cache_class_block']      = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // block, any/often/small, select memcache > db > file
      $conf['cache_class_cache']      = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // general, all/every/medium/often, select apc > db
      $conf['cache_class_content']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // field, page/some/large, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_filter']     = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // filtered, page/some/large, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_form']       = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // block, edit/rare/medium, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_menu']       = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // menu, any/often/large, select memcache > db > file
      $conf['cache_class_page']       = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // node, page/often/large, select memcache > file > db
      //$conf['cache_class_pathdst']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // path, any/some/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_pathsrc']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // path, any/some/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_uc_price']   = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // multiprice, any/often/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_session']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // session, any/any/small, select memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_update']     = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // system, system/rare/large, select file > db
      //$conf['cache_class_users']      = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // users, any/some/large, select memcache > file > db
      $conf['cache_class_views']      = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // views, any/some/large, select memcache > file > db
      $conf['cache_class_views_data'] = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // views data, any/often/small, select apc > db
      // Define File Cache settings
      $conf['filecache_fast_pagecache'] = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable fast page serving
      $conf['filecache_directory'] = './sites/' . $module_cache_backport_domain . '/files/filecache';  
      // Define APC settings
      $conf['apc_show_debug'] = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable debug mode
      // Define Memcache settings
      /*$conf['memcache_options'] = array(
        Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL => FALSE, // set TRUE to enable binary protocol when using memcached >= 1.4
        Memcached::OPT_COMPRESSION => FALSE, // set FALSE to disable compression for improved performance
        Memcached::OPT_DISTRIBUTION => Memcached::DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT, // set consistent distribution
        Memcached::OPT_HASH => Memcached::HASH_CRC, // set CRC32 hash method
        Memcached::OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT => 1000, // connection timeout in milliseconds
        Memcached::OPT_SERVER_FAILURE_LIMIT => 5, // failure limit for server connection attempts
      );*/
      $conf['memcache_servers'] = array(
        '127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default',
      );
      $conf['memcache_bins'] = array(
        'cache' => 'default',
        'cache_block' => 'default',
        //'cache_bootstrap' => 'default',
        'cache_content' => 'default',
        'cache_filter' => 'default',
        'cache_form' => 'default',
        'cache_menu' => 'default',
        'cache_page' => 'default',
        //'cache_pathdst' => 'default',
        //'cache_pathsrc' => 'default',
        //'cache_uc_price' => 'default',
        'cache_update' => 'default',
        'cache_views' => 'default',
        'cache_views_data' => 'default',
        //'session' => 'default',
        //'users' => 'default',
      );
      // Define Drupal cache settings:
      /*
      $conf['page_cache_without_database'] = TRUE;  // set TRUE to skip starting the database (first define 'cache_page' bin)
      $conf['page_cache_invoke_hooks']     = FALSE; // set FALSE to not use aggressive caching
      $conf['page_cache_maximum_age']      = $variables['page_cache_maximum_age'];
      $conf['cache_lifetime']              = $variables['cache_lifetime'];
      $conf['page_compression']            = $variables['page_compression'];
      */
    }
    
    lpalgarvio’s picture

    optimized version:

    <?php
    
    /**
    * Cache settings: Cache Backport (cache_backport)
    *
    * Cache API backport from Drupal 7, running on file, db, apc, xcache or memcache engines.
    */
    $module_cache_backport_enabled = TRUE;  // change to TRUE to enable
    $module_cache_backport_default = TRUE; // change to FALSE to detect subdomain
    $module_cache_backport_inc     = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/cache.inc';
    // Conditional loading
    if ( $module_cache_backport_enabled == TRUE ) {
      // Set domain/subdomain
      if ( $module_cache_backport_default == TRUE ) {
          $module_cache_backport_domain = 'default';
      } else {
          $module_cache_backport_domain = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
      }
      // Define cache engines:
      $module_cache_backport_database             = TRUE;  // set TRUE to enable Database (DrupalDatabaseCache)
      $module_cache_backport_database_inc         = './sites/all/modules/cache_backport/database.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_filecache            = TRUE;  // set TRUE to enable File Cache (DrupalFileCache)
      $module_cache_backport_filecache_inc        = './sites/all/modules/filecache_d7/filecache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_apc                  = TRUE;  // set TRUE to enable APC (DrupalAPCCache)
      $module_cache_backport_apc_inc              = './sites/all/modules/apc_d7/drupal_apc_cache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache             = TRUE;  // set TRUE to enable Memcache (MemCacheDrupal)
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_inc         = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_db          = FALSE; // do not use yet
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_db_inc      = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache.db.inc';
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_session     = FALSE; // do not use yet
      $module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc = './sites/all/modules/memcache_d7/memcache-session.inc';
      // Load Include files
      if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_inc) ) $conf['cache_inc'] = $module_cache_backport_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_database == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_database_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_database_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_filecache == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_filecache_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_filecache_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_apc == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_apc_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_apc_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache_database == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_database_inc) ) $conf['cache_backends'][] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_database_inc;
      if ( $module_cache_backport_memcache_session == TRUE ) if ( file_exists($module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc) ) $conf['session_inc'] = $module_cache_backport_memcache_session_inc;
      // Define cache bins (optimized):
      $conf['cache_default_class']    = 'DrupalDatabaseCache'; // default, any/any/any, select memcache, apc, file or db
      //$conf['cache_class_bootstrap']  = 'DrupalAPCCache';      // bootstrap, all/every/medium, select apc > db
      $conf['cache_class_block']      = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // block, any/often/small, select memcache > db > file
      $conf['cache_class_cache']      = 'DrupalAPCCache';      // general, all/every/medium, select apc > db
      $conf['cache_class_content']    = 'DrupalFileCache';     // field, page/some/large, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_filter']     = 'DrupalFileCache';     // filtered, page/some/large, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_form']       = 'DrupalFileCache';     // block, edit/rare/medium, select file > memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_menu']       = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // menu, any/often/large, select memcache > db > file
      $conf['cache_class_page']       = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // node, page/often/large, select memcache > file > db
      //$conf['cache_class_pathdst']    = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // path, any/some/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_pathsrc']    = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // path, any/some/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_uc_price']   = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // multiprice, any/often/medium, select memcache > db > file
      //$conf['cache_class_session']    = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // session, any/any/small, select memcache > db
      $conf['cache_class_update']     = 'DrupalFileCache';     // system, system/rare/large, select file > db
      //$conf['cache_class_users']      = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // users, any/some/large, select memcache > file > db
      $conf['cache_class_views']      = 'MemCacheDrupal';      // views, any/some/large, select memcache > file > db
      $conf['cache_class_views_data'] = 'DrupalAPCCache';      // views data, any/often/small, select apc > db
      // Define File Cache settings
      $conf['filecache_fast_pagecache'] = TRUE; // set TRUE to enable fast page serving
      $conf['filecache_directory'] = './sites/' . $module_cache_backport_domain . '/files/filecache';  
      // Define APC settings
      $conf['apc_show_debug'] = FALSE; // set TRUE to enable debug mode
      // Define Memcache settings
      /*$conf['memcache_options'] = array(
        Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL => FALSE, // set TRUE to enable binary protocol when using memcached >= 1.4
        Memcached::OPT_COMPRESSION => FALSE, // set FALSE to disable compression for improved performance
        Memcached::OPT_DISTRIBUTION => Memcached::DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT, // set consistent distribution
        Memcached::OPT_HASH => Memcached::HASH_CRC, // set CRC32 hash method
        Memcached::OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT => 1000, // connection timeout in milliseconds
        Memcached::OPT_SERVER_FAILURE_LIMIT => 5, // failure limit for server connection attempts
      );*/
      $conf['memcache_servers'] = array(
        '127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default',
      );
      $conf['memcache_bins'] = array(
        'cache' => 'default',
        'cache_block' => 'default',
        //'cache_bootstrap' => 'default',
        'cache_content' => 'default',
        'cache_filter' => 'default',
        'cache_form' => 'default',
        'cache_menu' => 'default',
        'cache_page' => 'default',
        //'cache_pathdst' => 'default',
        //'cache_pathsrc' => 'default',
        //'cache_uc_price' => 'default',
        'cache_update' => 'default',
        'cache_views' => 'default',
        'cache_views_data' => 'default',
        //'session' => 'default',
        //'users' => 'default',
      );
      // Define Drupal cache settings:
      $conf['page_cache_without_database'] = TRUE;  // set TRUE to skip starting the database (first define 'cache_page' bin)
      $conf['page_cache_invoke_hooks']     = FALSE; // set FALSE to not use aggressive caching
      $conf['page_cache_maximum_age']      = $variables['page_cache_maximum_age'];
      $conf['cache_lifetime']              = $variables['cache_lifetime'];
      $conf['page_compression']            = $variables['page_compression'];
    }
    
    pounard’s picture

    Title: suggestions for settings.php + Working Cache APIs/backends » Write a better documentation and sample settings file

    Changing the issue title to fit the real task to do here.

    apaderno’s picture

    Status: Postponed » Closed (outdated)
    Issue tags: -cache

    I am closing this issue, since it is for a Drupal version that now is not supported.
    Please re-open it if the issue is also relevant for other project branches that require a supported Drupal version.