PEAR Cache is an excellent package that allows you to cache function calls, output, and more Consists of a generic caching class %Cache% with specialized subclasses for specific tasks Supports a multitude of "containers" that store the cached output '/tmp')); /* Generate the ID for the cached content based on the values which effect the output of the page. */ $cache_id = $cache->generateID(array('url' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'post' => $_POST)); /* Begin the cache by checking if this version of the content has already been cached or not. */ if($content = $cache->start($cache_id)) { echo $content; exit; } /* Generate the content to be cached */ /* Cache the content and display it for this request */ echo $cache->end(); ?>]]>