yii2/framework/caching/FileDependency.php

<?php
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 * @license http://www.yiiframework.com/license/
 */

namespace yii\caching;

use Yii;
use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;

/**
 * FileDependency represents a dependency based on a file's last modification time.
 *
 * If the last modification time of the file specified via [[fileName]] is changed,
 * the dependency is considered as changed.
 *
 * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
 * @since 2.0
 */
class FileDependency extends Dependency
{
    /**
     * @var string the file path or path alias whose last modification time is used to
     * check if the dependency has been changed.
     */
    public $fileName;


    /**
     * Generates the data needed to determine if dependency has been changed.
     * This method returns the file's last modification time.
     * @param Cache $cache the cache component that is currently evaluating this dependency
     * @return mixed the data needed to determine if dependency has been changed.
     * @throws InvalidConfigException if [[fileName]] is not set
     */
    protected function generateDependencyData($cache)
    {
        if ($this->fileName === null) {
            throw new InvalidConfigException('FileDependency::fileName must be set');
        }

        return @filemtime(Yii::getAlias($this->fileName));
    }
}