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Memcache::flush

memcache_flush

(PECL memcache >= 1.0.0)

Memcache::flush -- memcache_flush — Flush all existing items at the server

Description

function Memcache::flush(): bool
function memcache_flush(Memcache $memcache): bool

Memcache::flush() immediately invalidates all existing items. Memcache::flush() doesn't actually free any resources, it only marks all the items as expired, so occupied memory will be overwritten by new items.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Memcache::flush() example

<?php

/* procedural API */
$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);

memcache_flush($memcache_obj);

/* OO API */

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

$memcache_obj->flush();

?>

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