Chris Dempsey chrisdempsey

If you are using git, so you can take advantage of static elements within MODX, you will need to be aware that simply updating your files does not mean MODX will pick that up. It will pick up changes in a file IF you the element is being called uncached.

http://forums.modx.com/forums/thread/73346/static-resources-don-t-update-without-cache-clear http://forums.modx.com/thread/73002/static-sources-caching-and-setup

This is not a big deal while working on a development site, performance is not your initial priority at that point. But when you get to deploying, you'll need to know that updating a file will not necessarily update how your site runs, and you don't want to be clearing your entire site cache. A big site would be taking a heavy server hit as its visitors trigger all pages regenerating their cache...

For an overview of MODX caching strategy, start at the documentation (of course) if you havn't already:

	<?php
	/*
	* Clear (refresh) MODx Cache from external PHP Script
	*
	* MODx Revolution (2.0.7-pl)
	* Daniel Gibbs
	*/

	// Path to MODx Core Directory
	define("MODX_CORE_PATH", "../core/");

	<?php
	/**
	* Gets a field from a resource based on a supplied resource id, meant to be used as an output filter.
	*
	* Based on a resource ID a field can be retrieved. This can be standard fields as 'pagetitle' or 'alias',
	* but a few custom fields are also available; 'siblingNextId', 'childrenFirstId', and 'childrenCount'.
	* Only resources that are not marked as 'deleted' or 'hidemenu', and that is marked as 'published' are returned.
	* Examples:
	* [[*id:toResourceField]] => returns the resource pagetitle
	* [[*id:toResourceField=`alias`]] => returns the resource alias

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	Snippet: [[SnippetName]]
	Chunk: [[$ChunkName]]
	System Setting: [[++SettingName]]
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	Link tag: [[~PageId? &paramName=`value`]]
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	<?php

	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `continents` (
	`code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Continent code',
	`name` VARCHAR(255),
	PRIMARY KEY (`code`)
	) ENGINE=InnoDB;

	INSERT INTO `continents` VALUES
	('AF', 'Africa'),
	('AS', 'Asia'),
	('EU', 'Europe'),

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	<?php
	/*
	* A small MODX snippet to extract POST, GET, SESSION & COOKIE values - (c) 2012-2016 ackwa.fr
	*
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