laravel-precedent

Auto Cache and Purge on Eloquent

Features

Auto cache on find method and purge on update, delete.
Validate via model.
Possible to sync data for fields in the pivote table.

Installation

Install this bundle by running the following CLI command:

php artisan bundle:install precedent

Add the following line to application/bundles.php

'precedent' => array(
	'autoloads' => array(
		'map' => array(
			'Has_Many_And_Belongs_To' => '(:bundle)/has_many_and_belongs_to.php',
			'Precedent'               => '(:bundle)/model.php'
		),
	)
),

Example Usage

Enable config profile to debug.

'profiler' => true

Enable cache using attribute $cache in model.

class User extends Precedent {

	public static $cache = true;

}

Auto Cache on find method (Work only static method).

// Cache on find.
// This works.
User::find(10);

// This doesn't work.
$user = new User;
$user->find(10)

Auto Purge on delete and update method.

$user = User::find(10);

// Purge cache on delete.
$user->delete();

// and

// Purge cache on update.
$user = User::find(10);
$user->fill(array(
	'name' => 'Tee'
));

$user->save();

Bonus 1

Validate via model

class User extends Precedent {

	/**
	 * Cache enabled
	 *
	 * @type {Boolean}
	 */
	public static $cache = true;

	/**
	 * Validate rules
	 *
	 * @type array
	 */
	public static $rules = array(
		'email' => 'required|unique:users'
	);

	/**
	 * Validate messages
	 *
	 * @type array
	 */
	public static $messages = array(
		'email_required' => 'Please enter you email.',
		'email_email'    => 'Please enter valid email.'
	);

}

Your controller.

$user = new User; // or User::find(1);

$data = array(
	'email' => Input::get('email')
);

if ( ! $user->valid($data))
{
	$errors = $user->errors;

	return Redirect::back()->with_errors($errors)->with_input();
}

Bonus 2

Can add attributes at method 'sync' for has_many_and_belongs_to relationship.

$user = User::find(1);
$user->roles()->sync(array(1, 3, 9), array('remark' => 'wow'));

Support or Contact

If you have some problem, Contact teepluss@gmail.com