public $member2 = 'abc'; function changeDate($var) { echo "No cache! Heavy read here!..."; sleep(2); echo "done!\n"; // Lets say this is some heavy compyting here, and the results are written to member1 and 2 $this->member1[] = $var; $this->member2 .= $var; } } // At a later stage, or another script $obj = new obj_to_cache(); if (!Cacheable::sCacheRestore($obj, 'changed-str1')) { $obj->changeDate('str1'); Cacheable::sCacheStore($obj, 'changed-str1', CacheExpire::create()->timeout(60)); } else { // Cache was hit! echo "Cache hit!\n"; } var_dump($obj); /** * Outputs (1st execute): * No cache! Heavy read here!...done! object(obj_to_cache)#1 (2) { ["member1"]=> array(2) { ["a"]=> int(1) [0]=>