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Base Cache Driver

The base cache driver is an abstract class that all built-in cache drivers are derived from. It defines the common methods and properties to reduce the amount of code duplication.

Required properties​

The Base Cache Driver implements CacheDriverInterface and requires only one property to be defined the name property, this property is used to identify the cache driver name that will be used for logging purposes.

Implemented methods​

It implements the following methods:

  • setOptions: This method is used to set the cache driver options.
  • parseKey: This method is used to parse the cache key.
  • log: This method is used to log messages to the logger.

Our base driver will call Prase Cache Key utility when implementing the parseKey method.