document conditional cache attribute feature

http_cache/expiration.rst

@@ -108,6 +108,92 @@ servers should not send ``Expires`` dates more than one year in the future."
     the ``Expires`` header value is ignored when the ``s-maxage`` or ``max-age``
     directive of the ``Cache-Control`` header is defined.
 
+Applying Cache Conditionally
+----------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 8.1
+
+    The ability to apply the ``#[Cache]`` attribute conditionally was introduced
+    in Symfony 8.1.
+
+You can use the ``if`` option to conditionally apply the ``#[Cache]`` attribute.
+This option accepts either a closure or an :doc:`ExpressionLanguage </components/expression_language>`
+expression that must return a boolean value:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: php-attributes
+
+        use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+        use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Attribute\Cache;
+        // ...
+
+        // Using a closure
+        #[Cache(
+            public: true,
+            maxage: 3600,
+            if: fn (Request $request) => $request->query->has('cache')
+        )]
+        public function index(Request $request): Response
+        {
+            // ...
+        }
+
+        // Using an expression
+        #[Cache(
+            public: true,
+            maxage: 3600,
+            if: "request.query.has('cache')"
+        )]
+        public function show(Request $request): Response
+        {
+            // ...
+        }
+
+The closure or expression has access to the ``Request`` object and controller
+arguments. When the condition evaluates to ``true``, the cache headers are
+applied; when it evaluates to ``false``, they are not.
+
+This is particularly useful when:
+
+* You need to enable caching programmatically based on runtime conditions
+* Your controller does not return a ``Response`` object directly (e.g. when using
+  `FOSRestBundle`_ or other libraries that handle view rendering)
+* You want to cache based on user authentication, feature flags, or request parameters
+
+Multiple Cache Attributes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``#[Cache]`` attribute is repeatable, allowing you to define multiple
+attributes with different conditions on the same controller:
+
+.. code-block:: php-attributes
+
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Attribute\Cache;
+    // ...
+
+    #[Cache(
+        public: true,
+        maxage: 3600,
+        if: fn (Request $request) => !$request->query->has('preview')
+    )]
+    #[Cache(
+        public: false,
+        maxage: 0,
+        if: fn (Request $request) => $request->query->has('preview')
+    )]
+    public function article(Request $request): Response
+    {
+        // This will cache for 1 hour when preview=1 is NOT in the query string,
+        // and disable caching when preview=1 IS present
+    }
+
+Only the first ``#[Cache]`` attribute whose condition evaluates to ``true``
+will be applied. If no condition matches, no cache headers will be set by
+the attribute.
+
 .. _`expiration model`: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-13.2
 .. _`Calculating Freshness Lifetime`: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-4.2.1
 .. _`Serving Stale Responses`: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-4.2.4
+.. _`FOSRestBundle`: https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRestBundle