* @param string $name The name of the store (must be unique remember)
* @param array $details
* @param cache_definition $definition The definition to instantiate it for.
- * @return boolean
+ * @return boolean|cache_store
*/
public function create_store_from_config($name, array $details, cache_definition $definition) {
if (!array_key_exists($name, $this->stores)) {
return $this->state === self::STATE_DISABLED;
}
+ /**
+ * Disables as much of the cache API as possible.
+ *
+ * All of the magic associated with the disabled cache is wrapped into this function.
+ * In switching out the factory for the disabled factory it gains full control over the initialisation of objects
+ * and can use all of the disabled alternatives.
+ * Simple!
+ */
+ public static function disable() {
+ global $CFG;
+ require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/cache/disabledlib.php');
+ self::$instance = null;
+ self::$instance = new cache_factory_disabled();
+ }
+
/**
* Returns true if the cache stores have been disabled.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function stores_disabled() {
- return $this->state === self::STATE_STORES_DISABLED;
+ return $this->state === self::STATE_STORES_DISABLED || $this->is_disabled();
}
/**
