[Include a gist file with local caching] #PHP #gist

include_gist.php

<?php

/**
 * Include a gist file with local caching
 *
 *
 * @example :
 *   // Include lastguest/profiler gist
 *   // https://gist.github.com/lastguest/4344954
 * 
 *   include_gist('lastguest','4344954');
 *
 *
 * @author lastguest@gmail.com
 * @param  string $user   The user gist repository (GitHub username)
 * @param  string $name   The ID of the gist to load
 * @param  string $tmpdir (optional) If passed this will be the cache directory
 *
 */

function include_gist($user,$name,$tmpdir=null){
  $tmp = $tmpdir ?: sys_get_temp_dir().'/.gists';
  if (false == is_dir($tmp)) mkdir($tmp);
  if (false == is_file($file = "$tmp/$user-$name.php")){
    file_put_contents($file,file_get_contents("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/$user/$name/raw"));
  }
  return include($file);
}