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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+// Important: apc.enable_cli=1 must be in php.ini.
+// http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/apc-problem-561290.html
+// http://php.net/manual/en/apc.configuration.php
+
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/common_test_case.php';
+
+class phpbb_cache_apc_driver_test extends phpbb_cache_common_test_case
+{
+	protected static $config;
+	protected $driver;
+
+	public function getDataSet()
+	{
+		return $this->createXMLDataSet(dirname(__FILE__) . '/fixtures/config.xml');
+	}
+
+	static public function setUpBeforeClass()
+	{
+		if (!extension_loaded('apc'))
+		{
+			self::markTestSkipped('apc extension is not loaded');
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected function setUp()
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->driver = new phpbb_cache_driver_apc;
+		$this->driver->purge();
+	}
+
+	public function test_cache_sql()
+	{
+		global $db, $cache;
+		$db = $this->new_dbal();
+		$cache = new phpbb_cache_service($this->driver);
+
+		$sql = "SELECT * FROM phpbb_config
+			WHERE config_name = 'foo'";
+
+		$key = $this->driver->key_prefix . 'sql_' . md5(preg_replace('/[\n\r\s\t]+/', ' ', $sql));
+		$this->assertFalse(apc_fetch($key));
+
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql, 300);
+		$first_result = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$expected = array('config_name' => 'foo', 'config_value' => '23', 'is_dynamic' => 0);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $first_result);
+
+		$this->assertTrue((bool) apc_fetch($key));
+
+		$sql = 'DELETE FROM phpbb_config';
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+
+		$sql = "SELECT * FROM phpbb_config
+			WHERE config_name = 'foo'";
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql, 300);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $db->sql_fetchrow($result));
+
+		$sql = "SELECT * FROM phpbb_config
+			WHERE config_name = 'foo'";
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+
+		$no_cache_result = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$this->assertSame(false, $no_cache_result);
+
+		$db->sql_close();
+	}
+}