From 9454927bd31a38bed6ea92f21f11d2c5b52fc297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:04:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added Cache::maybe method.

---
 system/cache.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/system/cache.php b/system/cache.php
index 12d67b54..91bb181f 100644
--- a/system/cache.php
+++ b/system/cache.php
@@ -50,6 +50,30 @@ public static function get($key, $default = null, $driver = null)
 		return $item;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get an item from the cache. If it doesn't exist, store the default value
+	 * in the cache and return it.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $default
+	 * @param  int     $minutes
+	 * @param  string  $driver
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public static function maybe($key, $default, $minutes, $driver = null)
+	{
+		if ( ! is_null($item = static::get($key)))
+		{
+			return $item;
+		}
+
+		$default = is_callable($default) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
+
+		static::driver($driver)->put($key, $default, $minutes);
+
+		return $default;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Pass all other methods to the default driver.
 	 *