这是我的缓存解决方案：

<?php

define('CACHE_FILE', 'mycache.tmp');
define('CACHE_TIME', 20); // 20 seconds (for testing!)
define('IMG_COUNT', 30);
define('IMG_DIR', '../public/wp-content/uploads/2012/01');

/**
  * Loads the list (an array) from the cache
  * Returns FALSE if the file couldn't be opened or the cache was expired, otherwise the list (as an array) will be returned.
  */
function LoadListFromCache($cacheFile, $cacheTime)
{
  if ( file_exists($cacheFile) )
  {
    $fileHandle = fopen($cacheFile, 'r');
    if ( !$fileHandle )
      return false;

    // Read timestamp (separated by "\n" from the content)
    $timestamp = intval( fgets($fileHandle) );
    fclose($fileHandle);
    // Expired?
    if ( $timestamp+$cacheTime > time() )
      return false;
    else
    {
      // Unserialize the content!
      $content = file_get_contents($cacheFile);
      $content = substr( $content, strpos($content, "\n") );

      $list = unserialize($content);
      return $list;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

/**
  * Caches the passed array
  * Returns FALSE if the file couldn't be opened, otherwise TRUE.
  */
function SaveListToCache($cacheFile, $list)
{
  $fileHandle = fopen($cacheFile, 'w');
  if ( $fileHandle === FALSE ) return false;

  fwrite($fileHandle, time());
  fwrite($fileHandle, "\n");
  fwrite($fileHandle, serialize($list));

  fclose($fileHandle);
  return true;
}

/**
  * Generates the list of all image files (png, jpg, jpeg) and caches it.
  * Returns the list as an array.
  */
function GenerateList()
{
  $a = array();
  $dir = IMG_DIR;
  if ($handle = opendir($dir))
  {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
    {
      if (preg_match("/\.png$/", $file)) $a[] = $file;
      elseif (preg_match("/\.jpg$/", $file)) $a[] = $file;
      elseif (preg_match("/\.jpeg$/", $file)) $a[] = $file;
    }
    closedir($handle);
  }
  SaveListToCache(CACHE_FILE, $a);
  return $a;
}

function GetRandomImages($list, $count)
{
  $listCount = count($list);
  $randomEntries = array();

  for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++)
  {
    $randomEntries[] = $list[ rand(0, $listCount) ];
  }
  return $randomEntries;
}

// This code will execute the other functions!

$list = LoadListFromCache(CACHE_FILE, CACHE_TIME);

if ( $list === FALSE )
{
  $list = GenerateList();
}
$images = GetRandomImages($list, IMG_COUNT);

foreach ($images as $image)
{
  echo '<img src="', IMG_DIR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$image, '" />';
}