API16:JCacheOutput/start

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Description

Start the cache

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Syntax

start($id, $group=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$id		$id The cache data id
$group	null	$group The cache data group

Returns

boolean True if the cache is hit (false else)

Defined in

libraries/joomla/cache/handler/output.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.cache.handler.output' );

Source Body

function start($id, $group=null)
{
        // If we have data in cache use that...
        $data = $this->get($id, $group);
        if ($data !== false) {
                echo $data;
                return true;
        } else {
                // Nothing in cache... lets start the output buffer and start collecting data for next time.
                ob_start();
                ob_implicit_flush(false);
                // Set id and group placeholders
                $this->_id              = $id;
                $this->_group   = $group;
                return false;
        }
}

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Examples

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