Added memcached config for cache and sessions

.ddev/addon-metadata/memcached/manifest.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: memcached
+repository: ddev/ddev-memcached
+version: v1.1.8
+install_date: "2025-09-16T22:17:26-07:00"
+project_files:
+    - docker-compose.memcached.yaml
+global_files: []
+removal_actions: []

.ddev/config.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ database:
     version: "10.11"
 use_dns_when_possible: true
 composer_version: "2"
-web_environment: []
+web_environment:
+  - CACHE_DEFAULT_URL=memcached://memcached:11211
+  - CACHE_CAKECORE_URL=memcached://memcached:11211
+  - CACHE_CAKEMODEL_URL=memcached://memcached:11211
 corepack_enable: false
 disable_upload_dirs_warning: true
 

.ddev/docker-compose.memcached.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ddev-generated
+services:
+  memcached:
+    container_name: ddev-${DDEV_SITENAME}-memcached
+    image: ${MEMCACHED_DOCKER_IMAGE:-memcached:1.6}
+    restart: "no"
+    # memcached is available at this port inside the container.
+    expose:
+      - 11211
+    # These labels ensure this service is discoverable by ddev.
+    labels:
+      com.ddev.site-name: ${DDEV_SITENAME}
+      com.ddev.approot: $DDEV_APPROOT
+
+    # Arguments passed to the memcached binary.
+    command: ["-m", "128"]
+
+    volumes:
+      - ".:/mnt/ddev_config"
+      - "ddev-global-cache:/mnt/ddev-global-cache"

config/app.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-use Cake\Cache\Engine\FileEngine;
+use Cake\Cache\Engine\MemcachedEngine;
 use Cake\Database\Connection;
 use Cake\Database\Driver\Mysql;
 use Cake\Log\Engine\FileLog;
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
      */
     'Cache' => [
         'default' => [
-            'className' => FileEngine::class,
-            'path' => CACHE,
+            'className' => MemcachedEngine::class,
             'url' => env('CACHE_DEFAULT_URL', null),
         ],
 
@@ -109,11 +108,8 @@
          * If you set 'className' => 'Null' core cache will be disabled.
          */
         '_cake_translations_' => [
-            'className' => FileEngine::class,
+            'className' => MemcachedEngine::class,
             'prefix' => 'myapp_cake_translations_',
-            'path' => CACHE . 'persistent' . DS,
-            'serialize' => true,
-            'duration' => '+1 years',
             'url' => env('CACHE_CAKECORE_URL', null),
         ],
 
@@ -124,11 +120,8 @@
          * Duration will be set to '+2 minutes' in bootstrap.php when debug = true
          */
         '_cake_model_' => [
-            'className' => FileEngine::class,
+            'className' => MemcachedEngine::class,
             'prefix' => 'myapp_cake_model_',
-            'path' => CACHE . 'models' . DS,
-            'serialize' => true,
-            'duration' => '+1 years',
             'url' => env('CACHE_CAKEMODEL_URL', null),
         ],
     ],
@@ -411,7 +404,7 @@
      * To use database sessions, load the SQL file located at config/schema/sessions.sql
      */
     'Session' => [
-        'defaults' => 'php',
+        'defaults' => 'cache',
     ],
 
     /**