ExpressionDependency.php

<?php
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namespace yii\caching;

/**
 * ExpressionDependency represents a dependency based on the result of a PHP expression.
 *
 * ExpressionDependency will use `eval()` to evaluate the PHP expression.
 * The dependency is reported as unchanged if and only if the result of the expression is
 * the same as the one evaluated when storing the data to cache.
 *
 * A PHP expression can be any PHP code that has a value. To learn more about what an expression is,
 * please refer to the [php manual](http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.expressions.php).
 *
 * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
 * @since 2.0
 */
class ExpressionDependency extends Dependency
{
	/**
	 * @var string the string representation of a PHP expression whose result is used to determine the dependency.
	 * A PHP expression can be any PHP code that has a value. To learn more about what an expression is,
	 * please refer to the [php manual](http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.expressions.php).
	 */
	public $expression;

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 * @param string $expression the PHP expression whose result is used to determine the dependency.
	 * @param array $config name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties
	 */
	public function __construct($expression = 'true', $config = array())
	{
		$this->expression = $expression;
		parent::__construct($config);
	}

	/**
	 * Generates the data needed to determine if dependency has been changed.
	 * This method returns the result of the PHP expression.
	 * @return mixed the data needed to determine if dependency has been changed.
	 */
	protected function generateDependencyData()
	{
		return eval("return {$this->expression};");
	}
}