I am managing OctoberCMS through FTP only, and when I need to empty the cache, I have to do it manually by deleting the files from: /cache /sessions /combiner /twig

I would really enjoy having a button in the backend that would clear the cache for me. Thanks for your consideration.

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Does php artisan cache:clear do all this? If so it should be trivial to make a plugin that adds a 'Cache' settings page with a button that triggers this artisan command.

Edit: Looking at the code it only does /combiner and /twig dirs. Is that enough? If so I'll make a dashboard widget for you.

Last updated 9 years ago

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If you want to hook this up to a button in the backend via a $.request you can just use CacheClear::fireInternal(); in the requested method to clear the cache

@Flynsarmy : Yes a dashboard widget would be great. using the artisan command. I think October takes care of /combiner and /twig while laravel take care of /cache and /sessions, so it should be perfect!

I think that this widget really, really should allow to select which cache will be flushed. Flushing every cache in app would be quite irresponsible in production environment.

I've written a plugin that is just a simple dashboard widget with a 'Clear Cache' button. Download it here.

Thanks Flynsarmy!!!

How can I implement Flynsarmy widget if I am not using artisan? Should I copy the files through FTP? In that case, it's gonna be deleted on the next build update I guess...

Could anyone make it available through octobercms.com/plugins/ ?

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1. download archive

2. unpack it in such a path

plugins/flynsarmy/dashboardcachewidget

Thanks d.negativa. Readme added.

Very cool thanks Flynsarmy, it was a nightmare to delete cache files manually!

I think it would be a better idea to set up a cron job to do this periodically