Solution: Clear Cache in eZ Publish

Solution

Table of contents:

Introduction
Administration
Command line
- Unix
- Windows
Siteaccess Specific
Manual
Specific: Clearing image alias cache
References

Introduction

How to clear cache using eZ Publish 4

Administration

Use the website administration interphase to clear all cache via a gui.

Simply navigate to Setup tab
Click the clear cache icon
Refresh browser window of website

Command line

If you know how to use the command line you can use it to clear cache.

Unix

If you are using a complete unix like operating system you can use the following command to clear and purge all cache within eZ Publish.

cd /path/to/ezpublish;
./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-all --purge;

Windows

If you are using Windows you can use the following command to clear and purge all cache within eZ Publish.

# cd c:/web/pro/ezpublish/doc;
c:\php\php ./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-all --purge;

Siteaccess Specific

If you are working on a multi-siteaccess website, the specific siteaccess must be appended to the clear cache code.

cd /path/to/ezpublish;
 
./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-all --purge -s siteaccess_name;

Manual

If you are unable to use the administration gui or command line to clear cache, you can still remove the cache files manually.

cd /path/to/ezpublish;
rm -vrf var/cache;
rm -vrf var/ezwebin_site/cache

Specific: Clearing image alias cache

If you are unable to use the administration gui you can use this command line to clear this specific combination / type of cache.

cd /path/to/ezpublish;
 ./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-id=imagealias --clear-all;
 ./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-id=imagealias --clear-all --purge;
  ./bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-all --purge;

The above example commands suggested in the forum.