Class **Phalcon\\Cache\\Frontend\\Data** ======================================== *implements* :doc:`Phalcon\\Cache\\FrontendInterface ` .. role:: raw-html(raw) :format: html :raw-html:`Source on GitHub` Allows to cache native PHP data in a serialized form .. code-block:: php 172800]); // Create the component that will cache "Data" to a 'File' backend // Set the cache file directory - important to keep the '/' at the end of // of the value for the folder $cache = new File($frontCache, ['cacheDir' => '../app/cache/']); // Try to get cached records $cacheKey = 'robots_order_id.cache'; $robots = $cache->get($cacheKey); if ($robots === null) { // $robots is null due to cache expiration or data does not exist // Make the database call and populate the variable $robots = Robots::find(['order' => 'id']); // Store it in the cache $cache->save($cacheKey, $robots); } // Use $robots :) foreach ($robots as $robot) { echo $robot->name, "\n"; } Methods ------- public **__construct** ([*array* $frontendOptions]) Phalcon\\Cache\\Frontend\\Data constructor public **getLifetime** () Returns the cache lifetime public **isBuffering** () Check whether if frontend is buffering output public **start** () Starts output frontend. Actually, does nothing public *string* **getContent** () Returns output cached content public **stop** () Stops output frontend public **beforeStore** (*mixed* $data) Serializes data before storing them public **afterRetrieve** (*mixed* $data) Unserializes data after retrieval