From 873dd1534cbe575dbbd3ff571c19d98b8356faf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:54:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added Cache::forever method to cache something for five
 years.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
---
 laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php b/laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php
index b74ebe0a..01189749 100644
--- a/laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php
+++ b/laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ abstract class Driver {
 	 */
 	abstract public function put($key, $value, $minutes);
 
+	/**
+	 * Write an item to the cache for five years.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function forever($key, $value)
+	{
+		return $this->put($key, $value, 2628000);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get an item from the cache, or cache and return the default value.
 	 *