Check if a key exists in Memcache

Question

How do I check in PHP if a value is stored in Memcache without fetching it? I don\'t like fetching it because the values I have set are all 1MB in size and after I fetch it, I h

Answer 1

I am not sure if this is of any help to you, but you can use

Memcache::add  (  string $key  ,  mixed $var)

It will return false if the key already exists.

In case true is returned you may use

Memcache::delete  (  string $key)

to remove the key you just set. That way you won't need to fetch the data.