www.mikescher.com/framework/caching/CDummyCache.php

<?php
/**
 * CDummyCache class file.
 *
 * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
 * @link http://www.yiiframework.com/
 * @copyright 2008-2013 Yii Software LLC
 * @license http://www.yiiframework.com/license/
 */

/**
 * CDummyCache is a placeholder cache component.
 *
 * CDummyCache does not cache anything. It is provided so that one can always configure
 * a 'cache' application component and he does not need to check if Yii::app()->cache is null or not.
 * By replacing CDummyCache with some other cache component, one can quickly switch from
 * non-caching mode to caching mode.
 *
 * @author Qiang Xue <qiang.xue@gmail.com>
 * @package system.caching
 * @since 1.0
 */
class CDummyCache extends CApplicationComponent implements ICache, ArrayAccess
{
	/**
	 * @var string a string prefixed to every cache key so that it is unique. Defaults to {@link CApplication::getId() application ID}.
	 */
	public $keyPrefix;

	/**
	 * Initializes the application component.
	 * This method overrides the parent implementation by setting default cache key prefix.
	 */
	public function init()
	{
		parent::init();
		if($this->keyPrefix===null)
			$this->keyPrefix=Yii::app()->getId();
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves a value from cache with a specified key.
	 * @param string $id a key identifying the cached value
	 * @return mixed the value stored in cache, false if the value is not in the cache, expired or the dependency has changed.
	 */
	public function get($id)
	{
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves multiple values from cache with the specified keys.
	 * Some caches (such as memcache, apc) allow retrieving multiple cached values at one time,
	 * which may improve the performance since it reduces the communication cost.
	 * In case a cache doesn't support this feature natively, it will be simulated by this method.
	 * @param array $ids list of keys identifying the cached values
	 * @return array list of cached values corresponding to the specified keys. The array
	 * is returned in terms of (key,value) pairs.
	 * If a value is not cached or expired, the corresponding array value will be false.
	 */
	public function mget($ids)
	{
		$results=array();
		foreach($ids as $id)
			$results[$id]=false;
		return $results;
	}

	/**
	 * Stores a value identified by a key into cache.
	 * If the cache already contains such a key, the existing value and
	 * expiration time will be replaced with the new ones.
	 *
	 * @param string $id the key identifying the value to be cached
	 * @param mixed $value the value to be cached
	 * @param integer $expire the number of seconds in which the cached value will expire. 0 means never expire.
	 * @param ICacheDependency $dependency dependency of the cached item. If the dependency changes, the item is labeled invalid.
	 * @return boolean true if the value is successfully stored into cache, false otherwise
	 */
	public function set($id,$value,$expire=0,$dependency=null)
	{
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Stores a value identified by a key into cache if the cache does not contain this key.
	 * Nothing will be done if the cache already contains the key.
	 * @param string $id the key identifying the value to be cached
	 * @param mixed $value the value to be cached
	 * @param integer $expire the number of seconds in which the cached value will expire. 0 means never expire.
	 * @param ICacheDependency $dependency dependency of the cached item. If the dependency changes, the item is labeled invalid.
	 * @return boolean true if the value is successfully stored into cache, false otherwise
	 */
	public function add($id,$value,$expire=0,$dependency=null)
	{
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Deletes a value with the specified key from cache
	 * @param string $id the key of the value to be deleted
	 * @return boolean if no error happens during deletion
	 */
	public function delete($id)
	{
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Deletes all values from cache.
	 * Be careful of performing this operation if the cache is shared by multiple applications.
	 * @return boolean whether the flush operation was successful.
	 * @throws CException if this method is not overridden by child classes
	 */
	public function flush()
	{
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns whether there is a cache entry with a specified key.
	 * This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.
	 * @param string $id a key identifying the cached value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function offsetExists($id)
	{
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the value from cache with a specified key.
	 * This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.
	 * @param string $id a key identifying the cached value
	 * @return mixed the value stored in cache, false if the value is not in the cache or expired.
	 */
	public function offsetGet($id)
	{
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Stores the value identified by a key into cache.
	 * If the cache already contains such a key, the existing value will be
	 * replaced with the new ones. To add expiration and dependencies, use the set() method.
	 * This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.
	 * @param string $id the key identifying the value to be cached
	 * @param mixed $value the value to be cached
	 */
	public function offsetSet($id, $value)
	{
	}

	/**
	 * Deletes the value with the specified key from cache
	 * This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.
	 * @param string $id the key of the value to be deleted
	 * @return boolean if no error happens during deletion
	 */
	public function offsetUnset($id)
	{
	}
}