diff --git a/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php b/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php
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--- a/core/authentication/resources/classes/authentication.php
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@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * cache class provides an abstracted cache
- *
- * @method string set
- * @method string get
- * @method string delete
- * @method string flush
- */
-class cache {
-
-	/**
-	 * Called when the object is created
-	 */
-	public function __construct() {
-		//place holder
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Called when there are no references to a particular object
-	 * unset the variables used in the class
-	 */
-	public function __destruct() {
-		foreach ($this as $key => $value) {
-			unset($this->$key);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a specific item in the cache
-	 * @var string $key		the cache id
-	 * @var string $value	string to be cached
-	 */
-	public function set($key, $value) {
-		// connect to event socket
-			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
-			if ($fp === false) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-		//send a custom event
-
-		//run the memcache
-			$command = "memcache set ".$key." ".$value;
-			$result = event_socket_request($fp, 'api '.$command);
-
-		//close event socket
-			fclose($fp);
-
-		// return result
-			return $result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get a specific item from the cache
-	 * @var string $key		cache id
-	 */
-	public function get($key) {
-		// connect to event socket
-			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
-			if ($fp === false) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-		//send a custom event
-
-		//run the memcache
-			$command = "memcache get ".$key;
-			$result = event_socket_request($fp, 'api '.$command);
-
-		//close event socket
-			fclose($fp);
-
-		// return result
-			return $result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Delete a specific item from the cache
-	 * @var string $key		cache id
-	 */
-	public function delete($key) {
-		// connect to event socket
-			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
-			if ($fp === false) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-		//send a custom event
-			$event = "sendevent CUSTOM\n";
-			$event .= "Event-Name: CUSTOM\n";
-			$event .= "Event-Subclass: fusion::memcache\n";
-			$event .= "API-Command: memcache\n";
-			$event .= "API-Command-Argument: delete ".$key."\n";
-			event_socket_request($fp, $event);
-
-		//run the memcache
-			$command = "memcache delete ".$key;
-			$result = event_socket_request($fp, 'api '.$command);
-
-		//close event socket
-			fclose($fp);
-
-		// return result
-			return $result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Delete the entire cache
-	 */
-	public function flush() {
-		// connect to event socket
-			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
-			if ($fp === false) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-		//send a custom event
-			$event = "sendevent CUSTOM\n";
-			$event .= "Event-Name: CUSTOM\n";
-			$event .= "Event-Subclass: fusion::memcache\n";
-			$event .= "API-Command: memcache\n";
-			$event .= "API-Command-Argument: flush\n";
-			event_socket_request($fp, $event);
-
-		//run the memcache
-			$command = "memcache flush";
-			$result = event_socket_request($fp, 'api '.$command);
-
-		//close event socket
-			fclose($fp);
-
-		// return result
-			return $result;
-	}
-}
-
-?>