The lessphp cache structure contains information about a specific less file having been parsed. It can be used as a hint for future calls to determine whether or not a rebuild is required.
The cache structure contains two important keys that may be used externally:
compiled: The final compiled CSS updated: The time (in seconds) the CSS was last compiled
The cache structure is a plain-ol' PHP associative array and can be serialized and unserialized without a hitch.
function($in, $force = false)
{
$root = null;
if (is_string($in)) {
$root = $in;
} elseif (is_array($in) and isset($in['root'])) {
if ($force or ! isset($in['files'])) {
// If we are forcing a recompile or if for some reason the
// structure does not contain any file information we should
// specify the root to trigger a rebuild.
$root = $in['root'];
} elseif (isset($in['files']) and is_array($in['files'])) {
foreach ($in['files'] as $fname => $ftime ) {
if (!file_exists($fname) or filemtime($fname) > $ftime) {
// One of the files we knew about previously has changed
// so we should look at our incoming root again.
$root = $in['root'];
break;
}
}
}
} else {
// TODO: Throw an exception? We got neither a string nor something
// that looks like a compatible lessphp cache structure.
return null;
}
if ($root !== null) {
// If we have a root value which means we should rebuild.
$out = array();
$out['root'] = $root;
$out['compiled'] = $this->compileFile($root);
$out['files'] = $this->allParsedFiles();
$out['updated'] = time();
return $out;
} else {
// No changes, pass back the structure
// we were given initially.
return $in;
}
}
