Measuring cache efficiency
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PHP Manual

## Beyond TTL: user-defined storage

The query cache plugin supports the use of user-defined storage handler. User-defined storage handler can use arbitrarily complex invalidation algorithms and support arbitrary storage media.

All user-defined storage handlers have to provide a certain interface. The functions of the user-defined storage handler will be called by the core of the cache plugin. The necessary interface consists of seven public functions. Both procedural and object oriented user-defined storage handler must implement the same set of functions.

Example #1 Using a user-defined storage handler

`<?php
/* Enable default caching of all statements */
ini_set("mysqlnd_qc.cache_by_default", 1);
/* Procedural user defined storage handler functions */
$__cache = array();
function get_hash($host_info, $port, $user, $db, $query) {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
return md5(sprintf("%s%s%s%s%s", $host_info, $port, $user, $db, $query));
}
function find_query_in_cache($key) {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
if (isset($__cache[$key])) {
$tmp = $__cache[$key];
if ($tmp["valid_until"] < time()) {
unset($__cache[$key]);
$ret = NULL;
} else {
$ret = $__cache[$key]["data"];
}
} else {
$ret = NULL;
}
return $ret;
}
function return_to_cache($key) {
/*
Called on cache hit after cached data has been processed,
may be used for reference counting
*/
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
}
function add_query_to_cache_if_not_exists($key, $data, $ttl, $run_time, $store_time, $row_count) {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
$__cache[$key] = array(
"data" => $data,
"row_count" => $row_count,
"valid_until" => time() + $ttl,
"hits" => 0,
"run_time" => $run_time,
"store_time" => $store_time,
"cached_run_times" => array(),
"cached_store_times" => array(),
);
return TRUE;
}
function query_is_select($query) {
printf("\t%s('%s'): ", __FUNCTION__, $query);
$ret = FALSE;
if (stristr($query, "SELECT") !== FALSE) {
/* cache for 5 seconds */
$ret = 5;
}
printf("%s\n", (FALSE === $ret) ? "FALSE" : $ret);
return $ret;
}
function update_query_run_time_stats($key, $run_time, $store_time) {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
if (isset($__cache[$key])) {
$__cache[$key]['hits']++;
$__cache[$key]["cached_run_times"][] = $run_time;
$__cache[$key]["cached_store_times"][] = $store_time;
}
}
function get_stats($key = NULL) {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
if ($key && isset($__cache[$key])) {
$stats = $__cache[$key];
} else {
$stats = array();
foreach ($__cache as $key => $details) {
$stats[$key] = array(
'hits' => $details['hits'],
'bytes' => strlen($details['data']),
'uncached_run_time' => $details['run_time'],
'cached_run_time' => (count($details['cached_run_times']))
? array_sum($details['cached_run_times']) / count($details['cached_run_times'])
: 0,
);
}
}
return $stats;
}
function clear_cache() {
global $__cache;
printf("\t%s(%d)\n", __FUNCTION__, func_num_args());
$__cache = array();
return TRUE;
}
/* Install procedural user-defined storage handler */
if (!mysqlnd_qc_set_user_handlers("get_hash", "find_query_in_cache",
"return_to_cache", "add_query_to_cache_if_not_exists",
"query_is_select", "update_query_run_time_stats", "get_stats", "clear_cache")) {
printf("Failed to install user-defined storage handler\n");
}
/* 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)");
printf("\nCache put/cache miss\n");
$res = $mysqli->query("SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1");
var_dump($res->fetch_assoc());
$res->free();
/* Delete record to verify we get our data from the cache */
$mysqli->query("DELETE FROM test WHERE id = 1");
printf("\nCache hit\n");
$res = $mysqli->query("SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1");
var_dump($res->fetch_assoc());
$res->free();
printf("\nDisplay cache statistics\n");
var_dump(mysqlnd_qc_get_cache_info());
printf("\nFlushing cache, cache put/cache miss");
var_dump(mysqlnd_qc_clear_cache());
$res = $mysqli->query("SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1");
var_dump($res->fetch_assoc());
$res->free();
?>`

The above examples will output something similar to:

            query_is_select('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test'): FALSE
            query_is_select('CREATE TABLE test(id INT)'): FALSE
            query_is_select('INSERT INTO test(id) VALUES (1), (2)'): FALSE

    Cache put/cache miss
            query_is_select('SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1'): 5
            get_hash(5)
            find_query_in_cache(1)
            add_query_to_cache_if_not_exists(6)
    array(1) {
      ["id"]=>
      string(1) "1"
    }
            query_is_select('DELETE FROM test WHERE id = 1'): FALSE

    Cache hit
            query_is_select('SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1'): 5
            get_hash(5)
            find_query_in_cache(1)
            return_to_cache(1)
            update_query_run_time_stats(3)
    array(1) {
      ["id"]=>
      string(1) "1"
    }

    Display cache statistics
            get_stats(0)
    array(4) {
      ["num_entries"]=>
      int(1)
      ["handler"]=>
      string(4) "user"
      ["handler_version"]=>
      string(5) "1.0.0"
      ["data"]=>
      array(1) {
        ["18683c177dc89bb352b29965d112fdaa"]=>
        array(4) {
          ["hits"]=>
          int(1)
          ["bytes"]=>
          int(71)
          ["uncached_run_time"]=>
          int(398)
          ["cached_run_time"]=>
          int(4)
        }
      }
    }

    Flushing cache, cache put/cache miss    clear_cache(0)
    bool(true)
            query_is_select('SELECT id FROM test WHERE id = 1'): 5
            get_hash(5)
            find_query_in_cache(1)
            add_query_to_cache_if_not_exists(6)
    NULL