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<?php
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/**
 * The library file for the file cache store.
 *
 * This file is part of the file cache store, it contains the API for interacting with an instance of the store.
 * This is used as a default cache store within the Cache API. It should never be deleted.
 *
 * @package    cachestore_file
 * @category   cache
 * @copyright  2012 Sam Hemelryk
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

/**
 * The file store class.
 *
 * Configuration options
 *      path:           string: path to the cache directory, if left empty one will be created in the cache directory
 *      autocreate:     true, false
 *      prescan:        true, false
 *
 * @copyright  2012 Sam Hemelryk
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class cachestore_file extends cache_store implements cache_is_key_aware, cache_is_configurable, cache_is_searchable  {

    /**
     * The name of the store.
     * @var string
     */
    protected $name;

    /**
     * The path used to store files for this store and the definition it was initialised with.
     * @var string
     */
    protected $path = false;

    /**
     * The path in which definition specific sub directories will be created for caching.
     * @var string
     */
    protected $filestorepath = false;

    /**
     * Set to true when a prescan has been performed.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $prescan = false;

    /**
     * Set to true if we should store files within a single directory.
     * By default we use a nested structure in order to reduce the chance of conflicts and avoid any file system
     * limitations such as maximum files per directory.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $singledirectory = false;

    /**
     * Set to true when the path should be automatically created if it does not yet exist.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $autocreate = false;

    /**
     * Set to true if a custom path is being used.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $custompath = false;

    /**
     * An array of keys we are sure about presently.
     * @var array
     */
    protected $keys = array();

    /**
     * True when the store is ready to be initialised.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $isready = false;

    /**
     * The cache definition this instance has been initialised with.
     * @var cache_definition
     */
    protected $definition;

    /**
     * A reference to the global $CFG object.
     *
     * You may be asking yourself why on earth this is here, but there is a good reason.
     * By holding onto a reference of the $CFG object we can be absolutely sure that it won't be destroyed before
     * we are done with it.
     * This makes it possible to use a cache within a destructor method for the purposes of
     * delayed writes. Like how the session mechanisms work.
     *
     * @var stdClass
     */
    private $cfg = null;

    /**
     * Constructs the store instance.
     *
     * Noting that this function is not an initialisation. It is used to prepare the store for use.
     * The store will be initialised when required and will be provided with a cache_definition at that time.
     *
     * @param string $name
     * @param array $configuration
     */
    public function __construct($name, array $configuration = array()) {
        global $CFG;

        if (isset($CFG)) {
            // Hold onto a reference of the global $CFG object.
            $this->cfg = $CFG;
        }

        $this->name = $name;
        if (array_key_exists('path', $configuration) && $configuration['path'] !== '') {
            $this->custompath = true;
            $this->autocreate = !empty($configuration['autocreate']);
            $path = (string)$configuration['path'];
            if (!is_dir($path)) {
                if ($this->autocreate) {
                    if (!make_writable_directory($path, false)) {
                        $path = false;
                        debugging('Error trying to autocreate file store path. '.$path, DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
                    }
                } else {
                    $path = false;
                    debugging('The given file cache store path does not exist. '.$path, DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
                }
            }
            if ($path !== false && !is_writable($path)) {
                $path = false;
                debugging('The file cache store path is not writable for `'.$name.'`', DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
            }
        } else {
            $path = make_cache_directory('cachestore_file/'.preg_replace('#[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+#', '', $name));
        }
        $this->isready = $path !== false;
        $this->filestorepath = $path;
        // This will be updated once the store has been initialised for a definition.
        $this->path = $path;

        // Check if we should prescan the directory.
        if (array_key_exists('prescan', $configuration)) {
            $this->prescan = (bool)$configuration['prescan'];
        } else {
            // Default is no, we should not prescan.
            $this->prescan = false;
        }
        // Check if we should be storing in a single directory.
        if (array_key_exists('singledirectory', $configuration)) {
            $this->singledirectory = (bool)$configuration['singledirectory'];
        } else {
            // Default: No, we will use multiple directories.
            $this->singledirectory = false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Performs any necessary operation when the file store instance has been created.
     */
    public function instance_created() {
        if ($this->isready && !$this->prescan) {
            // It is supposed the store instance to expect an empty folder.
            $this->purge_all_definitions();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if this store instance is ready to be used.
     * @return bool
     */
    public function is_ready() {
        return $this->isready;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true once this instance has been initialised.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function is_initialised() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the supported features as a combined int.
     *
     * @param array $configuration
     * @return int
     */
    public static function get_supported_features(array $configuration = array()) {
        $supported = self::SUPPORTS_DATA_GUARANTEE +
                     self::SUPPORTS_NATIVE_TTL +
                     self::IS_SEARCHABLE +
                     self::DEREFERENCES_OBJECTS;
        return $supported;
    }

    /**
     * Returns false as this store does not support multiple identifiers.
     * (This optional function is a performance optimisation; it must be
     * consistent with the value from get_supported_features.)
     *
     * @return bool False
     */
    public function supports_multiple_identifiers() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the supported modes as a combined int.
     *
     * @param array $configuration
     * @return int
     */
    public static function get_supported_modes(array $configuration = array()) {
        return self::MODE_APPLICATION + self::MODE_SESSION;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the store requirements are met.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function are_requirements_met() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the given mode is supported by this store.
     *
     * @param int $mode One of cache_store::MODE_*
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function is_supported_mode($mode) {
        return ($mode === self::MODE_APPLICATION || $mode === self::MODE_SESSION);
    }

    /**
     * Initialises the cache.
     *
     * Once this has been done the cache is all set to be used.
     *
     * @param cache_definition $definition
     */
    public function initialise(cache_definition $definition) {
        $this->definition = $definition;
        $hash = preg_replace('#[^a-zA-Z0-9]+#', '_', $this->definition->get_id());
        $this->path = $this->filestorepath.'/'.$hash;
        make_writable_directory($this->path, false);
        if ($this->prescan && $definition->get_mode() !== self::MODE_REQUEST) {
            $this->prescan = false;
        }
        if ($this->prescan) {
            $this->prescan_keys();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Pre-scan the cache to see which keys are present.
     */
    protected function prescan_keys() {
        $files = glob($this->glob_keys_pattern(), GLOB_MARK | GLOB_NOSORT);
        if (is_array($files)) {
            foreach ($files as $filename) {
                $this->keys[basename($filename)] = filemtime($filename);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Gets a pattern suitable for use with glob to find all keys in the cache.
     *
     * @param string $prefix A prefix to use.
     * @return string The pattern.
     */
    protected function glob_keys_pattern($prefix = '') {
        if ($this->singledirectory) {
            return $this->path . '/'.$prefix.'*.cache';
        } else {
            return $this->path . '/*/'.$prefix.'*.cache';
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the file path to use for the given key.
     *
     * @param string $key The key to generate a file path for.
     * @param bool $create If set to the true the directory structure the key requires will be created.
     * @return string The full path to the file that stores a particular cache key.
     */
    protected function file_path_for_key($key, $create = false) {
        if ($this->singledirectory) {
            // Its a single directory, easy, just the store instances path + the file name.
            return $this->path . '/' . $key . '.cache';
        } else {
            // We are using a single subdirectory to achieve 1 level.
           // We suffix the subdir so it does not clash with any windows
           // reserved filenames like 'con'.
            $subdir = substr($key, 0, 3) . '-cache';
            $dir = $this->path . '/' . $subdir;
            if ($create) {
                // Create the directory. This function does it recursivily!
                make_writable_directory($dir, false);
            }
            return $dir . '/' . $key . '.cache';
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves an item from the cache store given its key.
     *
     * @param string $key The key to retrieve
     * @return mixed The data that was associated with the key, or false if the key did not exist.
     */
    public function get($key) {
        $filename = $key.'.cache';
        $file = $this->file_path_for_key($key);
        $ttl = $this->definition->get_ttl();
        $maxtime = 0;
        if ($ttl) {
            $maxtime = cache::now() - $ttl;
        }
        $readfile = false;
        if ($this->prescan && array_key_exists($filename, $this->keys)) {
            if ((!$ttl || $this->keys[$filename] >= $maxtime) && file_exists($file)) {
                $readfile = true;
            } else {
                $this->delete($key);
            }
        } else if (file_exists($file) && (!$ttl || filemtime($file) >= $maxtime)) {
            $readfile = true;
        }
        if (!$readfile) {
            return false;
        }
        // Open ensuring the file for reading in binary format.
        if (!$handle = fopen($file, 'rb')) {
            return false;
        }
< // Lock it up! < // We don't care if this succeeds or not, on some systems it will, on some it won't, meah either way. < flock($handle, LOCK_SH);
> > // Note: There is no need to perform any file locking here. > // The cache file is only ever written to in the `write_file` function, where it does so by writing to a temp > // file and performing an atomic rename of that file. The target file is never locked, so there is no benefit to > // obtaining a lock (shared or exclusive) here. >
$data = ''; // Read the data in 1Mb chunks. Small caches will not loop more than once. We don't use filesize as it may // be cached with a different value than what we need to read from the file. do { $data .= fread($handle, 1048576); } while (!feof($handle));
< // Unlock it. < flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
>
// Return it unserialised. return $this->prep_data_after_read($data); } /** * Retrieves several items from the cache store in a single transaction. * * If not all of the items are available in the cache then the data value for those that are missing will be set to false. * * @param array $keys The array of keys to retrieve * @return array An array of items from the cache. There will be an item for each key, those that were not in the store will * be set to false. */ public function get_many($keys) { $result = array(); foreach ($keys as $key) { $result[$key] = $this->get($key); } return $result; } /** * Deletes an item from the cache store. * * @param string $key The key to delete. * @return bool Returns true if the operation was a success, false otherwise. */ public function delete($key) { $filename = $key.'.cache'; $file = $this->file_path_for_key($key);
< if (@unlink($file)) {
> if (file_exists($file) && @unlink($file)) {
unset($this->keys[$filename]); return true; } return false; } /** * Deletes several keys from the cache in a single action. * * @param array $keys The keys to delete * @return int The number of items successfully deleted. */ public function delete_many(array $keys) { $count = 0; foreach ($keys as $key) { if ($this->delete($key)) { $count++; } } return $count; } /** * Sets an item in the cache given its key and data value. * * @param string $key The key to use. * @param mixed $data The data to set. * @return bool True if the operation was a success false otherwise. */ public function set($key, $data) { $this->ensure_path_exists(); $filename = $key.'.cache'; $file = $this->file_path_for_key($key, true); $result = $this->write_file($file, $this->prep_data_before_save($data)); if (!$result) { // Couldn't write the file. return false; } // Record the key if required. if ($this->prescan) { $this->keys[$filename] = cache::now() + 1; } // Return true.. it all worked **miracles**. return true; } /** * Prepares data to be stored in a file. * * @param mixed $data * @return string */ protected function prep_data_before_save($data) { return serialize($data); } /** * Prepares the data it has been read from the cache. Undoing what was done in prep_data_before_save. * * @param string $data * @return mixed * @throws coding_exception */ protected function prep_data_after_read($data) { $result = @unserialize($data);
< if ($result === false) {
> if ($result === false && $data != serialize(false)) {
throw new coding_exception('Failed to unserialise data from file. Either failed to read, or failed to write.'); } return $result; } /** * Sets many items in the cache in a single transaction. * * @param array $keyvaluearray An array of key value pairs. Each item in the array will be an associative array with two * keys, 'key' and 'value'. * @return int The number of items successfully set. It is up to the developer to check this matches the number of items * sent ... if they care that is. */ public function set_many(array $keyvaluearray) { $count = 0; foreach ($keyvaluearray as $pair) { if ($this->set($pair['key'], $pair['value'])) { $count++; } } return $count; } /** * Checks if the store has a record for the given key and returns true if so. * * @param string $key * @return bool */ public function has($key) { $filename = $key.'.cache'; $maxtime = cache::now() - $this->definition->get_ttl(); if ($this->prescan) { return array_key_exists($filename, $this->keys) && $this->keys[$filename] >= $maxtime; } $file = $this->file_path_for_key($key); return (file_exists($file) && ($this->definition->get_ttl() == 0 || filemtime($file) >= $maxtime)); } /** * Returns true if the store contains records for all of the given keys. * * @param array $keys * @return bool */ public function has_all(array $keys) { foreach ($keys as $key) { if (!$this->has($key)) { return false; } } return true; } /** * Returns true if the store contains records for any of the given keys. * * @param array $keys * @return bool */ public function has_any(array $keys) { foreach ($keys as $key) { if ($this->has($key)) { return true; } } return false; } /** * Purges the cache definition deleting all the items within it. * * @return boolean True on success. False otherwise. */ public function purge() { if ($this->isready) { $files = glob($this->glob_keys_pattern(), GLOB_MARK | GLOB_NOSORT); if (is_array($files)) { foreach ($files as $filename) { @unlink($filename); } } $this->keys = array(); } return true; } /** * Purges all the cache definitions deleting all items within them. * * @return boolean True on success. False otherwise. */ protected function purge_all_definitions() { // Warning: limit the deletion to what file store is actually able // to create using the internal {@link purge()} providing the // {@link $path} with a wildcard to perform a purge action over all the definitions. $currpath = $this->path; $this->path = $this->filestorepath.'/*'; $result = $this->purge(); $this->path = $currpath; return $result; } /** * Given the data from the add instance form this function creates a configuration array. * * @param stdClass $data * @return array */ public static function config_get_configuration_array($data) { $config = array(); if (isset($data->path)) { $config['path'] = $data->path; } if (isset($data->autocreate)) { $config['autocreate'] = $data->autocreate; } if (isset($data->singledirectory)) { $config['singledirectory'] = $data->singledirectory; } if (isset($data->prescan)) { $config['prescan'] = $data->prescan; } return $config; } /** * Allows the cache store to set its data against the edit form before it is shown to the user. * * @param moodleform $editform * @param array $config */ public static function config_set_edit_form_data(moodleform $editform, array $config) { $data = array(); if (!empty($config['path'])) { $data['path'] = $config['path']; } if (isset($config['autocreate'])) { $data['autocreate'] = (bool)$config['autocreate']; } if (isset($config['singledirectory'])) { $data['singledirectory'] = (bool)$config['singledirectory']; } if (isset($config['prescan'])) { $data['prescan'] = (bool)$config['prescan']; } $editform->set_data($data); } /** * Checks to make sure that the path for the file cache exists. * * @return bool * @throws coding_exception */ protected function ensure_path_exists() { global $CFG; if (!is_writable($this->path)) { if ($this->custompath && !$this->autocreate) { throw new coding_exception('File store path does not exist. It must exist and be writable by the web server.'); } $createdcfg = false; if (!isset($CFG)) { // This can only happen during destruction of objects. // A cache is being used within a destructor, php is ending a request and $CFG has // already being cleaned up. // Rebuild $CFG with directory permissions just to complete this write. $CFG = $this->cfg; $createdcfg = true; } if (!make_writable_directory($this->path, false)) { throw new coding_exception('File store path does not exist and can not be created.'); } if ($createdcfg) { // We re-created it so we'll clean it up. unset($CFG); } } return true; } /** * Performs any necessary clean up when the file store instance is being deleted. * * 1. Purges the cache directory. * 2. Deletes the directory we created for the given definition. */ public function instance_deleted() { $this->purge_all_definitions(); @rmdir($this->filestorepath); } /** * Generates an instance of the cache store that can be used for testing. * * Returns an instance of the cache store, or false if one cannot be created. * * @param cache_definition $definition * @return cachestore_file */ public static function initialise_test_instance(cache_definition $definition) { $name = 'File test'; $path = make_cache_directory('cachestore_file_test'); $cache = new cachestore_file($name, array('path' => $path)); if ($cache->is_ready()) { $cache->initialise($definition); } return $cache; } /** * Generates the appropriate configuration required for unit testing. * * @return array Array of unit test configuration data to be used by initialise(). */ public static function unit_test_configuration() { return array(); } /** * Writes your madness to a file. * * There are several things going on in this function to try to ensure what we don't end up with partial writes etc. * 1. Files for writing are opened with the mode xb, the file must be created and can not already exist. * 2. Renaming, data is written to a temporary file, where it can be verified using md5 and is then renamed. * * @param string $file Absolute file path * @param string $content The content to write. * @return bool */ protected function write_file($file, $content) { // Generate a temp file that is going to be unique. We'll rename it at the end to the desired file name. // in this way we avoid partial writes. $path = dirname($file); while (true) { $tempfile = $path.'/'.uniqid(sesskey().'.', true) . '.temp'; if (!file_exists($tempfile)) { break; } } // Open the file with mode=x. This acts to create and open the file for writing only. // If the file already exists this will return false. // We also force binary. $handle = @fopen($tempfile, 'xb+'); if ($handle === false) { // File already exists... lock already exists, return false. return false; } fwrite($handle, $content); fflush($handle); // Close the handle, we're done. fclose($handle); if (md5_file($tempfile) !== md5($content)) { // The md5 of the content of the file must match the md5 of the content given to be written. @unlink($tempfile); return false; } // Finally rename the temp file to the desired file, returning the true|false result. $result = rename($tempfile, $file); @chmod($file, $this->cfg->filepermissions); if (!$result) { // Failed to rename, don't leave files lying around. @unlink($tempfile); } return $result; } /** * Returns the name of this instance. * @return string */ public function my_name() { return $this->name; } /** * Finds all of the keys being used by this cache store instance. * * @return array */ public function find_all() { $this->ensure_path_exists(); $files = glob($this->glob_keys_pattern(), GLOB_MARK | GLOB_NOSORT); $return = array(); if ($files === false) { return $return; } foreach ($files as $file) { $return[] = substr(basename($file), 0, -6); } return $return; } /** * Finds all of the keys whose keys start with the given prefix. * * @param string $prefix */ public function find_by_prefix($prefix) { $this->ensure_path_exists(); $prefix = preg_replace('#(\*|\?|\[)#', '[$1]', $prefix); $files = glob($this->glob_keys_pattern($prefix), GLOB_MARK | GLOB_NOSORT); $return = array(); if ($files === false) { return $return; } foreach ($files as $file) { // Trim off ".cache" from the end. $return[] = substr(basename($file), 0, -6); } return $return; } }