brandonwestcott/li3_varnish

Lithium PHP easy ESI varnish caching

Lithium PHP Plugin for easy Varnish support

~~~ php Libraries::add('li3_varnish', array( 'development' => array( 'esiUrl' => '/esi', 'defaults' => array( 'esi' => true, 'expire' => '+1 days' ), 'cache' => array( 'SomeController::index' => array( 'expire' => '+2 days', 'esi' => true, ), 'SomeController::show' ), ) ));, _(*1)

In the view, you have two options to render items as ESI partials. Either pass in esi = true into the options of a view render, or use the esi helper as a short cut.
~~~ php
<?=$this->_render("element", "login", array(), array('esi' => true)); ?>

or

<?=$this->esi->_render("element", "login"); ?>