Jul
15
2009

Magento: Clear the cache with PHP script.

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It always take time to get rid of the Magento cache. However cache is needed to execute the request faster. One way of clearing the cache is delete all the directories inside the /var/cache directory. Doing that manually it will take some time if you are connected to the FTP server.
The easiest way of clearing the cache in Magento is here.

<?php

ini_set('max_execution_time', 3600);
ini_set("memory_limit","256M");

$script = "rm -rf var/cache/*";
// replace 'syste m' with 'system' in this line
$results = syste m($script,$retval);
echo " Cache cleared, RETURN VALUE: $retval\n";

?>

Name the file clearcache.php. Put it in the root directory of the Magento setup & execute in the browser.

About the Author: Jignesh Patel

Jignesh Patel is a geek, an engineer & a web developer, who focus on developing web sites which look great, work great and can still work on older web browsers. Expertise in PHP, MySQL, JS, Magento & Wordpress.

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Craigcriv August 29, 2010 at 1:04 am

I get this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /homepages/41/d293336770/htdocs/magento/varcacheclear.php on line 8

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Lisa February 16, 2010 at 1:15 am

Thanks so much! Worked perfectly!

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manish patel February 8, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Hello Jignesh patel,

Your script works fine. thank you so much.

Regards,
manish patel

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Jordan December 17, 2009 at 12:05 am

This worked like a charm. Thanks very much for posting.

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mtness November 11, 2009 at 4:14 pm

ah – what a timesaver.

Another beautiful scrpt of yours, thank you so much!

Kind regards, mtness

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