Category Taxonomy (extended) fields missing when W3 Total Cache Object Caching Enabled

[calvingilbert]

When I turn on object cache (Disk Method) in the W3 Total Cache plugin, my site will not load extended data stored in the built-in WordPress categories taxonomy.

This is how I am retrieving the data:

        $mytax = pods( 'category' );
        $mytax->fetch( get_query_var( 'cat' ) ); // grabs current category
        $desc = $mytax->get_field( 'enhanced_description' ); // WYSIWYG text box

When I look at $mytax with object cache off, I can see all the additional fields in the array. When I turn object cache on, all the data is missing.

Object Cache ON:

Pods Object
(
    [iterator:Pods:private] => 
    [api] => PodsAPI Object
        (
            [display_errors] => 1
            [pod_data] => 
            [pod] => 
            [pod_id] => 
            [fields] => Array
                (
                )

            [format] => 
            [deprecated:PodsAPI:private] => 
            [fields_cache:PodsAPI:private] => Array
                (
                )

        )

    [data] => PodsData Object
        (
            [api] => PodsAPI Object
                (
                    [display_errors] => 1
                    [pod_data] => 
                    [pod] => 
                    [pod_id] => 
                    [fields] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [format] => 
                    [deprecated:PodsAPI:private] => 
                    [fields_cache:PodsAPI:private] => Array
                        (
                        )

                )

            [select] => 
            [table] => 
            [pod] => 
            [pod_data] => 
            [id] => 0
            [field_id] => id
            [field_index] => name
            [field_slug] => 
            [join] => 
            [where] => Array
                (
                )

            [where_default] => Array
                (
                )

            [orderby] => 
            [fields] => Array
                (
                )

            [aliases] => Array
                (
                )

            [detail_page] => 
            [row_number] => -1
            [data] => 
            [row] => 
            [insert_id] => 
            [total] => 
            [total_found] => 
            [total_found_calculated] => 
            [page_var] => pg
            [page] => 1
            [limit] => 15
            [pagination] => 1
            [search] => 1
            [search_var] => search
            [search_mode] => int
            [search_query] => 
            [search_fields] => Array
                (
                )

            [search_where] => Array
                (
                )

            [filters] => Array
                (
                )

            [traversal] => Array
                (
                )

            [traverse] => Array
                (
                )

            [sql] => 
            [total_sql] => 
            [pod_id] => 
        )

    [alt_data] => 
    [rows] => 
    [row] => 
    [row_number:Pods:private] => -1
    [row_override] => Array
        (
        )

    [display_errors] => 1
    [pod_data] => 
    [params] => Array
        (
        )

    [pod] => 
    [pod_id] => 
    [fields] => Array
        (
        )

    [filters] => Array
        (
        )

    [detail_page] => 
    [id] => 0
    [limit] => 15
    [offset] => 0
    [page_var] => pg
    [page] => 1
    [pagination] => 1
    [search] => 1
    [search_var] => search
    [search_mode] => int
    [total] => 0
    [total_found] => 0
    [ui] => Array
        (
        )

    [page_template] => 
    [body_classes] => 
    [meta] => Array
        (
        )

    [meta_properties] => Array
        (
        )

    [meta_extra] => 
    [sql] => 
    [deprecated] => Pods_Deprecated Object
        (
            [obj:Pods_Deprecated:private] => Pods Object
 *RECURSION*
            [id] => 0
            [data] => PodsData Object
                (
                    [api] => PodsAPI Object
                        (
                            [display_errors] => 1
                            [pod_data] => 
                            [pod] => 
                            [pod_id] => 
                            [fields] => Array
                                (
                                )

                            [format] => 
                            [deprecated:PodsAPI:private] => 
                            [fields_cache:PodsAPI:private] => Array
                                (
                                )

                        )

                    [select] => 
                    [table] => 
                    [pod] => 
                    [pod_data] => 
                    [id] => 0
                    [field_id] => id
                    [field_index] => name
                    [field_slug] => 
                    [join] => 
                    [where] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [where_default] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [orderby] => 
                    [fields] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [aliases] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [detail_page] => 
                    [row_number] => -1
                    [data] => 
                    [row] => 
                    [insert_id] => 
                    [total] => 
                    [total_found] => 
                    [total_found_calculated] => 
                    [page_var] => pg
                    [page] => 1
                    [limit] => 15
                    [pagination] => 1
                    [search] => 1
                    [search_var] => search
                    [search_mode] => int
                    [search_query] => 
                    [search_fields] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [search_where] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [filters] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [traversal] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [traverse] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [sql] => 
                    [total_sql] => 
                    [pod_id] => 
                )

            [datatype] => 
            [datatype_id] => 
            [api] => PodsAPI Object
                (
                    [display_errors] => 1
                    [pod_data] => 
                    [pod] => 
                    [pod_id] => 
                    [fields] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [format] => 
                    [deprecated:PodsAPI:private] => 
                    [fields_cache:PodsAPI:private] => Array
                        (
                        )

                )

            [alt_data] => 
            [rows] => 
            [row] => 
            [row_override] => Array
                (
                )

            [display_errors] => 1
            [pod_data] => 
            [params] => Array
                (
                )

            [pod] => 
            [pod_id] => 
            [fields] => Array
                (
                )

            [filters] => Array
                (
                )

            [detail_page] => 
            [limit] => 15
            [offset] => 0
            [page_var] => pg
            [page] => 1
            [pagination] => 1
            [search] => 1
            [search_var] => search
            [search_mode] => int
            [total] => 0
            [total_found] => 0
            [ui] => Array
                (
                )

            [page_template] => 
            [body_classes] => 
            [meta] => Array
                (
                )

            [meta_properties] => Array
                (
                )

            [meta_extra] => 
            [sql] => 
            [deprecated] => 
        )

    [datatype] => 
    [datatype_id] => 
)

Debug Information
WordPress Version: 4.3.1
PHP Version: 5.5.14
MySQL Version: 5.5.38
Server Software: Apache/2.2.26 (Unix) mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/2.7.6 PHP/5.5.14 mod_ssl/2.2.26 OpenSSL/0.9.8zg DAV/2 mod_perl/2.0.8 Perl/v5.18.2
Your User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0
Session Save Path: /Applications/MAMP/tmp/php
Session Save Path Exists: Yes
Session Save Path Writeable: Yes
Session Max Lifetime: 1440

Opcode Cache:
Apc: No
Memcached: No
Redis: No

Object Cache:
Apc: No
Apcu: No
Memcache: No
Memcached: No
Redis: No

WPDB Prefix: wp_
WP Multisite Mode: No
WP Memory Limit: 64M
Pods Network-Wide Activated: No
Pods Install Location: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/gw-local/wp-content/plugins/pods/
Pods Tableless Mode Activated: No
Pods Light Mode Activated: No
Currently Active Theme: 0.1 Build

Currently Active Plugins:
Admin Columns: 2.4.7
Contextual Related Posts: 2.2.3
Error Log Monitor: 1.3.1
Force Regenerate Thumbnails: 2.0.5
Jetpack by WordPress.com: 3.7.2
Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields: 2.5.5
W3 Total Cache: 0.9.4.1
WordPress Importer: 0.6.1
WP-Paginate: 1.3.1
WP Page Load Stats: 1.0.1
Yoast SEO: 2.3.5

[sc0ttkclark]

Try using Pods Alternative Cache alongside that solution, it should solve it at least for now, until we figure out why this is happening (it shouldn't be).

[sc0ttkclark]

https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods-alternative-cache/

[calvingilbert]

Thanks. I will add more details if I find anything.

[calvingilbert]

I am able to replicate this issue without W3 object cache enabled.

If I alter the structure of any pod, the site does not display anything from the extended category as mentioned above. Once I go in and edit and save a category, the pods reappear on the site.

I tried the code in my previous comments to fetch data and this method below:

$desc = pods_field('category', get_query_var('cat'), 'enhanced_description', true);

Hope this helps.

[quasel]

@sc0ttkclark is this still an issue?