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Expires

docs/v2/cache/expires.md

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Used in conjunction with the Slim application’s etag() or lastModified() methods, the expires() method sets an Expires header on the HTTP response informing the HTTP client when its client-side cache for the current resource should be considered stale. The HTTP client will continue serving from its client-side cache until the expiration date is reached, at which time the HTTP client will send a conditional GET request to the Slim application.

The expires() method accepts one argument: an integer UNIX timestamp, or a string to be parsed with strtotime().

<?php
$app->get('/foo', function () use ($app) {
    $app->etag('unique-resource-id');
    $app->expires('+1 week');
    echo "This will be cached client-side for one week";
});