PHP simple cache

simplecache.php

<?php

function cache_file() {
    // something to (hopefully) uniquely identify the resource
    $cache_key = md5($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
    $cache_dir = '/tmp/phpcache';

    return $cache_dir . '/' . $cache_key;
}

// if we have a cache file, deliver it
if( is_file( $cache_file = cache_file() ) ) {
    readfile( $cache_file );
    exit;
}

// cache via output buffering, with callback
ob_start( 'cache_output' );

//
// expensive processing happens here, along with page output.
//

function cache_output( $content ) {
    file_put_contents( cache_file(), $content );
    return $content;
}