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<?php

$cache = array
(
	15 => array('id' => 15, 'title' => 'United States', 'shortname' => 'USA');
);

$data = Country_Model::cache($title, 'title');

$data is now array('id' => 15, 'title' => 'United States', 'shortname' => 'USA');

Country_Model::cache(15);

public function cache($search = NULL, $column = NULL)
{
	
	
	
	if ($search === NULL)
	{
		// return all values
	}

	if ($column !== NULL)
	{
		foreach ($this->cache as $values)
		{
			if ($values[$column] === $search)
			{
				return $values;
			}
		}
	}

	return $this->cache[$id];
}


public function build_cache()
{
	$class = new __CLASS__;
	
	$class->select(self::$cached_columns)->find_all();
	
}