Name
clearCache() — clears the cache for a specific template
Description
void clearCache(string template,
string cache_id,
string compile_id,
int expire_time);If you have multiple caches for a template, you can clear a specific cache by supplying the
cache_idas the second parameter.You can also pass a
$compile_idas a third parameter. You can group templates together so they can be removed as a group, see the caching section for more information.-
As an optional fourth parameter, you can supply a minimum age in seconds the cache file must be before it will get cleared.
Note
Since Smarty version 3.1.14 it is possible to delete cache files by their individual expiration time at creation by passing constant SMARTY::CLEAR_EXPIRED as fourth parameter.
Example 14.11. clearCache()
<?php
// clear the cache for a template
$smarty->clearCache('index.tpl');
// clear the cache for a particular cache id in an multiple-cache template
$smarty->clearCache('index.tpl', 'MY_CACHE_ID');
?>
See also
clearAllCache()
and
caching section.