FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: Discussion: Page caching and Plugins

[Esther Brunner <esther@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Hmm. If it is just about cache or no cache the plugin could
> > simply set info['cache'] = false for the renderer. Eg:
>
> It really more than simply no cache / cache.  If the plugin relies on
> infrequently changing external data - e.g. another wiki page or  
> file - most
> of the time caching is desired.  It would be nice(tm) if the plugin  
> could be
> given the opportunity to invalidate the cache.  :)

I agree with Chris. Plugins should be able to make some checks at  
showtime, not only when the page is created for the cache. I use  
$renderer->info['cache'] = FALSE in the include plugin, but I  
consider it more like a hack. And it's no solution for a plugin that  
will be used in a lot of pages. For example, I wanted to turn the  
discussion template into a comments plugin, but that would only be  
possible at the price of turning caching virtually off for the whole  
site.

-- esther
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