PHP Manual: Increment numeric item's value

Description

public int Memcached::increment ( string $key [, int $offset = 1 [, int $initial_value = 0 [, int $expiry = 0 ]]] )

Memcached::increment increments a numeric item's value by the specified offset. If the item's value is not numeric, an error will result. Memcached::increment will set the item to the initial_value parameter if the key doesn't exist.

Parameters

key: The key of the item to increment.
offset: The amount by which to increment the item's value.
initial_value: The value to set the item to if it doesn't currently exist.
expiry: The expiry time to set on the item.

Return Values

Returns new item's value on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Memcached::increment example


<?php
$m = new Memcached();
$m->addServer('localhost', 11211);

$m->set('counter', 0);
$m->increment('counter');
$n = $m->increment('counter', 10);
var_dump($n);

$m->set('counter', 'abc');
$n = $m->increment('counter');
// ^ will fail due to item value not being numeric
var_dump($n);
?>

The above example will output:

int(11)
bool(false)

Memcached::increment

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