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I was wondering if I could get an explanation of how caching works when handling dynamically generated content.

For example, I have member data shown on pages when a user is logged in. If I were to turn caching on for a template that shows logged in user information - does that get cached? Is there a possibility another user will login, visit that page and see cached user data for another user?

Thanks,
Carlos

Hi Carlos,

Another user should not see cached data related to another specific user. I looked around and found this excellent article on caching with ExpressionEngine. A quote from that article:

A major drawback of this type of caching is that many types of dynamic content will no longer be dynamic. The exception seems to be with using conditionals and variables related to usernames. In a test template that I created and cached, I noticed that the username would change depending on who was logged in, and the “if logged_out” conditional was respected,

Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Sean

Thanks Sean - it’s a helpful article. My only true concern left is what is the truly official stance on this from Ellis Labs? The article shows his findings based on his tests, but is EE designed to never cache user information?

Hi Carlos,

I’ll check in with others and get back to you with an official answer.

Sean