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Basic usage

The Query Cache plugin supports caching of queries issued by the following user API calls:

A query which shall be cached must begin with the SQL hint /*qc=on*/. It is recommended to use the PHP constant MYSQLND_QC_ENABLE_SWITCH instead of using the string value.

Example using the most advanced PHP MySQL API, which is mysqli :

<?php
/* Enable collection of query cache statistics */
ini_set("mysqlnd_qc.collect_statistics"1);

/* Connect, create and populate test table */
$mysqli = new mysqli("host""user""password""schema""port""socket");
$mysqli->query("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test");
$mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE test(id INT)");
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO test(id) VALUES (1), (2)");

/* Will be cached because of the SQL hint: cache put and cache_miss */
$res $mysqli->query("/*" MYSQLND_QC_ENABLE_SWITCH "*/" "SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1");
var_dump($res->fetch_assoc());
$res->free();

/* Will NOT be cached and will NOT hit the cache: no SQL hint */
$res $mysqli->query("SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 2");
var_dump($res->fetch_assoc());
$res->free();

/* Display cache statistics */
$stats mysqlnd_qc_get_core_stats();
printf("Cache hit\t: %d\n",  $stats['cache_hit']);
printf("Cache miss\t: %d\n"$stats['cache_miss']);
printf("Cache put\t: %d\n",  $stats['cache_put']);

?>

The above examples will output:

array(1) {
  ["id"]=>
  string(1) "1"
}
array(1) {
  ["id"]=>
  string(1) "2"
}
Cache hit       : 0
Cache miss      : 1
Cache put       : 1

The default invalidation strategy of the cache is Time-to-Live ( TTL). Cache entries are valid for a certain duration. The default duration is set by the PHP configuration directive mysqlnd_qc.tll


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