Hello Andi,
if we have ini_set("realpath_catch_size") then obviously
ini_set("realpath_catch_size", 0) === clearstatcache() without any
additional line of code.
regards
marcus
Friday, September 24, 2004, 1:08:14 AM, you wrote:
> I don't know if I'd like to make a PHP user-land function for this,
> especially as it'll get slightly sticky due to this being a TSRM mechanism.
> Also, as mentioned by Elfyn, it's very unlikely to affect anyone.
> How about allowing ini_set("realpath_catch_size", ?); during execution. It
> would change the cache size and while doing that would reset the cache?
> I think that might be a good solution.
> Andi
> At 11:52 AM 9/22/2004 +0200, Christian Schneider wrote:
>>Sara Golemon wrote:
>>>>realpath_cache_ttl - Time to live for cache entry (default 120 seconds; if
>>>>set to 0 then doesn't refresh).
>>>Ah, didn't grok the TTL at first glance.... that fairly well negates the
>>>need for an explicit flush.... If the FS layout needs to change all one
>>>would have to do is turn down the TTL, make the change, and turn it back up
>>>after the cache is sure to be cleared...
>>
>>Hmm.. if I understand correctly then one can only turn it down to 1 second
>>as 0 means unlimited. So if an application changes the tree it would have
>>to sleep(1) for it to happen.
>>
>>I'd strongly suggest that we have an explicit flush option. And no, I
>>don't think restarting the server is an opton as this can't be done from
>>inside an application.
>>
>>BTW: This needs to be well documented as running into caching problems can
>>cause a very annoying debugging sessions due to the Heisenbug nature.
>>Happened to more than one person I know with filesize() with missing
>>clearstatcache() calls. One of PHP's main feature is programmer efficiency
>>so we should be careful to add optimizations which make things harder for
>>programmers.
>>
>>- Chris
>>
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