Caching Results - Myspace Gigs Parser

In order to keep the number of requests to MySpace down and the speed of your site up I implemented a light caching layer. It's about a simple a configuration as there are only three settings. But for the novice there is no need to do anything, just don't touch anything and you'll get a one hour cache automatically.

Cache Configuration Variables

cache: bool
    determines if caching is turned on or not
cacheDir: string
   the directory in which you want your cache files saved, you need to work on your include paths and other things on your own. default is empty string (i.e. the current directory of the calling script)
cacheExpires: string
   strtotime formatted string on how long a cache file should exist before purging and refreshing the data. default is +1 hours.

Advanced Tutorial

Here's a quick tutorial for advanced users if you want to increase/decrease the cache time and set your own cache path.

include('Myspace_Gigs_Parser.class.php');
//note no username in the constructor. $gigs_parser = new Myspace_Gigs_Parser();
$gigs_parser->cacheDir = '/tmp/cache/myspace_gigs_parser';
$gigs_parser->cacheExpires = "+10 minutes";
$gigs_parser->parse('bobsaget');
var_dump($gigs_parser->gigs);