getInstance

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Returns a reference to the global cache object, only creating it if it doesn’t already exist.

Syntax

JCache &getInstance ( $handler, $options )

$handler	string	is a string containing the cache handler to instantiate. The currently available handlers are: Function, Hash, Output and Page. This parameter is optional and if omitted defaults to ‘Function’.
$options	array	is an associative array of cache options. See __construct for more information.

This function is called by the JFactory::getCache method using the following code:

Example

$cache =& JCache::getInstance( $handler, $options );