(PECL memcache >= 0.2.0)
Memcache::set — Store data at the server
Memcache::set() stores an item var with key on the memcached server. Parameter expire is expiration time in seconds. If it's 0, the item never expires (but memcached server doesn't guarantee this item to be stored all the time, it could be deleted from the cache to make place for other items). You can use MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED constant as flag value if you want to use on-the-fly compression (uses zlib).
Also you can use memcache_set() function.Hinweis:
Remember that resource variables (i.e. file and connection descriptors) cannot be stored in the cache, because they cannot be adequately represented in serialized state.
The key that will be associated with the item.
The variable to store. Strings and integers are stored as is, other types are stored serialized.
Use MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED to store the item compressed (uses zlib).
Expiration time of the item. If it's equal to zero, the item will never expire. You can also use Unix timestamp or a number of seconds starting from current time, but in the latter case the number of seconds may not exceed 2592000 (30 days).
Gibt bei Erfolg TRUE zurück. Im Fehlerfall wird FALSE zurückgegeben.
Beispiel #1 Memcache::set() example
<?php
/* procedural API */
/* connect to memcached server */
$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/*
set value of item with key 'var_key'
using 0 as flag value, compression is not used
expire time is 30 seconds
*/
memcache_set($memcache_obj, 'var_key', 'some variable', 0, 30);
echo memcache_get($memcache_obj, 'var_key');
?>
Beispiel #2 Memcache::set() example
<?php
/* OO API */
$memcache_obj = new Memcache;
/* connect to memcached server */
$memcache_obj->connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/*
set value of item with key 'var_key', using on-the-fly compression
expire time is 50 seconds
*/
$memcache_obj->set('var_key', 'some really big variable', MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED, 50);
echo $memcache_obj->get('var_key');
?>
If you're interested in using compression, please note that, at least for PHP version 5.3.2 and Memcache version 3.0.4, when retrieving a key who's value is a numeric or boolean type, PHP throws a notice of the following:
Message: MemcachePool::get(): Failed to uncompress data
The way around this is to test your variable type before setting or adding it to Memcache, or even cast it as a string.
<?php
$key = 'mc_key';
$value = 12345;
$compress = is_bool($value) || is_int($value) || is_float($value) ? false : MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED;
$mc= new Memcache;
$mc->connect('localhost', 11211);
$mc->set($key, $value, $compress);
echo $mc->get($key);
//Alternative is to cast the variable
$value = is_scalar($value) ? (string)$value : $value;
$mc->set($key, $value, MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED);
?>
if you want to cache an image created on-the-fly you can do:
<?php
ob_start();
imagepng($image);
$memcache->set("my_image", ob_get_contents(), false, $cache_time);
ob_end_clean();
?>
then you could access the chached image as simple variable:
<?php $my_image = $memcache->get("my_image"); ?>
so, in short, you have to buffer the output
Using set more than once for the same key seems to have unexpected results - it does not behave as a "replace," but instead seems to "set" more than one value for the same key. "get" may return any of the values.
This was tested on a multiple-server setup - behaviour may be different if you only have one server.
Remedy is to use a combination of replace and set:
<?php
$result = $memcache->replace( $key, $var );
if( $result == false )
{
$result = $memcache->set( $key, $var );
}
?>
The lowest byte of the int is reserved for pecl/memcache internal usage (e.g. to indicate compression and serialization status).
I ran into problems using the MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED flag when storing small amounts of data, such as an integers.
For expample.
<?php
Memcache::set('integer', 123456, MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED);
//would return true
Memcache::get('integer');
//would return false
?>
This problem went away when I removed the MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED flag for values that were small.
Here is a very visual example on how to use the memcache. It sets the key 'time' to the current time.
Put the example code in an empty page and keep reloading it.
As you can see, after 10 seconds your memcache key will be able to update with a new timestamp.
<?php
$memcache_obj = new Memcache;
$memcache_obj->connect('127.0.0.1', 11211);
if ($memcache_obj->get('time') == "") {
$date = date("H:i:s");
$memcache_obj->set('time', $date, MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED, 10);
}
echo "At ".date("H:i:s").", your key is ".$memcache_obj->get('time');
?>
This is just two minor things about memcache that might not be perfectly clear, the limits on key and data sizes and what happen to flags in the memcache protocol.
* There is a max key size of 250 anything bigger gets truncated. There is also a (1MB - 42 bytes) limit on the data.
* In the memcache protocol there is a 16bit, 32bit in newer version, flag that you can set to whatever you want because memcache doesn't do anything with the flags. The php api doesn't let you get the flags because php uses the flags for php's own use such as "MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED" and I decided to test if it was doing something because it wasn't part of the memcache protocol.
<?php
$memcache = new Memcache();
$memcache->connect("127.0.0.1", 11211);
// Since memcache truncates the keys at 250 bytes both the get "250 a's" and "251 a's" will find the key in the cache
echo "*** Truncate key test ***<br>";
echo "set 251: " . ($memcache->set(str_repeat("a", 251), "value", 0, 1) ? "t" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "get 249: " . (($ret = $memcache->get(str_repeat("a", 249))) !== false ? "'$ret'" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "get 250: " . (($ret = $memcache->get(str_repeat("a", 250))) !== false ? "'$ret'" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "get 251: " . (($ret = $memcache->get(str_repeat("a", 251))) !== false ? "'$ret'" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "delete: " . ($memcache->delete(str_repeat("a", 250)) ? "t" : "f") . "<br><br>";
echo "*** Compress value test ***<br>";
echo "set 1024*1024-42: " . ($memcache->set("test", str_repeat("a", 1024*1024-42), 0, 1) ? "t" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "set 1024*1024-41: " . ($memcache->set("test", str_repeat("a", 1024*1024-41), 0, 1) ? "t" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "set 1024*1024 compressed: " . ($memcache->set("test", str_repeat("a", 1024*1024), MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED, 1) ? "t" : "f") . "<br>";
echo "delete: " . ($memcache->delete("test") ? "t" : "f") . "<br>";
$memcache->close();
?>
Output:
*** Truncate key test ***
set 251: t
get 249: f
get 250: 'value'
get 251: 'value'
delete: t
*** Compress value test ***
set 1024*1024-42: t
set 1024*1024-41: f
set 1024*1024 compressed: t
delete: t