MEMCACHE.CONNECT(3)							 1						       MEMCACHE.CONNECT(3)

Memcache::connect - Open memcached server connection

SYNOPSIS

       bool Memcache::connect (string  $host, [int  $port], [int  $timeout])

DESCRIPTION

       Memcache.connect(3)  establishes  a  connection to the memcached server. The connection, which was opened using Memcache.connect(3) will be
       automatically closed at the end of script execution. Also you can close it with Memcache.close(3). Also	you  can  use  memcache_connect(3)
       function.

PARAMETERS

	      o $host
		-  Point  to  the  host  where	memcached  is  listening  for  connections.  This parameter may also specify other transports like
		unix:///path/to/memcached.sock to use UNIX domain sockets, in this case $port must also be set to 0.

	      o $port
		- Point to the port where memcached is listening for connections. Set this parameter to 0 when using UNIX domain sockets.   Please
		note:  $port defaults to memcache.default_port if not specified. For this reason it is wise to specify the port explicitly in this
		method call.

	      o $timeout
		- Value in seconds which will be used for connecting to the daemon. Think twice before changing the default value of  1  second  -
		you can lose all the advantages of caching if your connection is too slow.

NOTES

       Warning

	       When  the  $port is unspecified, this method defaults to the value set of the PHP ini directive memcache.default_port If this value
	      was changed elsewhere in your application it might lead to unexpected results: for this reason it is wise to always specify the port
	      explicitly in this method call.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Memcache.connect(3) example

	      <?php

	      /* procedural API */

	      $memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);

	      /* OO API */

	      $memcache = new Memcache;
	      $memcache->connect('memcache_host', 11211);

	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       Memcache.pconnect(3), Memcache.close(3).

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