Methods for caching PHP objects to file?

Question

In ASPNET, I grew to love the Application and Cache stores. They\'re awesome. For the uninitiated, you can just throw your data-logic objects into them, and hey-presto, you

Answer 1

You don't spell out -why- you're trying to cache objects. Are you trying to speed up a slow database query, work around expensive object instantiation, avoid repeated generation of complex page, maintain application state or are you just compulsively storing away objects in case of a long winter?

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