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Overwrite Phalcon\Cache method beforeStore()

Hey guys,

i'm using \Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Json but i wanted to set additional options for the json_encode function in here: https://api.phalcon.io/source/Phalcon/Cache/Frontend/Json.html

I've tried to overwrite beforeStore in my services file but without success.

    $di->set('cache', function() use ($config) {
        $frontend = new \Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Json(array('lifetime' => 172800));
        $frontend->beforeStore = function($data) {
            die('Yay we are here');
        };
        ....

Any suggestions?



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You should create a new class extends Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Json to do this.

PHP can not overwrite object method in runtime like javascript.



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edited Dec '15

Pretty much, the only way of doing this is 'manual' override of the native class/method.

Just create a new class inside your Service container which extends \Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Json.

So your construct would look like this:

        $frontend = new MyOverrideClass(array('lifetime' => 172800));

And then define method you wish for inside class MyOverrideClass:

    public function beforeStore(array $dat)
    {
        $dat['addon'] = mt_rand(); //Add another key/value
        return json_encode($dat);
    }