# php-fig/simple-cache

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/php-fig/simple-cache
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/php-fig-simple-cache.md

## Topics

`hacktoberfest` `php`

## Description

Simple Cache is a technical specification and interface standard for PHP applications. It defines a common set of methods for interacting with cache storage, ensuring that different storage implementations can be used interchangeably.

As the PSR-16 implementation standard, it provides a consistent way for independent PHP libraries and frameworks to store and retrieve cached data. This interoperability allows software packages to work with any compliant cache backend without requiring changes to the application code.

The specification focuses on standardizing cache interfaces and interactions to facilitate cross-library data caching and application performance optimization.

## Tags

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Caching Interfaces](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/php-standard-interface-implementations/caching-interfaces.md) — Establishes a consistent PHP interface standard for storing and retrieving cached data across the ecosystem. ([source](https://github.com/php-fig/simple-cache#readme))
- [PSR-16 Implementations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/php-standard-interface-implementations/psr-16-implementations.md) — Implements the PSR-16 specification for simple caching interfaces to ensure compatibility across PHP frameworks.
- [Inter-Library Cache Sharing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/php-caching-libraries/inter-library-cache-sharing.md) — Enables multiple independent PHP components to share cached information via a shared specification.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Interoperability Specifications](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/interoperability-specifications.md) — Provides a technical specification for how PHP applications should interact with cache storage independently of the driver.
- [Application Performance Optimization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/performance-reliability/performance-optimization/application-performance-tuning/application-performance-optimization.md) — Optimizes application performance by providing a standardized way to store expensive computation results.

### Web Development

- [Pluggable Cache Backends](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/content-caching-accelerators/object-caches/pluggable-cache-backends.md) — Allows software packages to work with any compliant cache backend without requiring changes to the application code.